Freud Flashcards
Freud believed that ___ was a result of being seduced during childhood by a sexually mature person.
Hysteria
Levels of mental life
Unconscious
Preconscious
Conscious
Unconscious processes originate from 2 sources:
Repression and phylogenetic endowment
Person who helped Freud treat hysteria through hypnotic technique
Jean-martian-charcot
Characterized by depression, neurosis, psychosomatic ailments, intense preoccupation with some form of creative activity
Creative illness
A defense mechanism where ego attempts to do away with unpleasant experiences and their consequences usually by means of repetitious ceremonial actions.
Undoing
A defense mechanism marked by obsessive thoughts and involves the ego’s attempt to isolate an experience by surrounding it with a blacked-out region of insensibility
Isolation
2 sources of preconscious
Conscious perception and unconscious
What age is superego established
4-5 years of age
Ego acts contrary to the moral standards of the superego
Guilt
Ego unable to meet superego’s standard for perfection
Feelings of inferiority
Instinct: amount of force exerted
Impetus
Instinct: region of the body in a state of excitation or tension
Source
Instinct: seek pleasure by removing excitation or reducing tension
Aim
Instinct: person/thing that serves as the means through which the aim is satisfied
Object