Freud, Lacan, and Jung Flashcards
Freud: Unconscious
A repository of repressed desires, particularly sexual and aggressive instincts, influencing behavior.
Freud: Repression
The unconscious process that blocks undesirable thoughts, memories, or desires from conscious awareness.
Freud: Ego
The rational part of the psyche
Freud: Id
The instinctual, the part of the psyche that houses primal instincts, which is driven by the pleasure principle (seeking immediate gratification).
Freud: Superego
The moral aspect of the psyche, representing internaalized societal and parental rules and standards.
Freud: Oedipus Complex
The stage in psychosexual development where a child unconsciously desires the opposite-sex parent and views the same-sex parent as a rival.
Freud: Desire
Driven by unconscious repressed instincts, particularly sexual and aggressive urges. Desire often conflicts with societal norms.
Freud: Shadow
The unconscious part of the psyche containing repressed, denied, or unacknowledged traits.
Jung: Unconscious
Contains both personal unconscious (repressed material) and collective unconscious (universal archetypes shared by all humans).
Jung: Repression
Personal unconscious material is repressed, often involving the shadow and aspects of the self that are denied.
Jung: Ego
The ego is part of the conscious self, mediating between unconscious and external realities, aiming for individuation.
Jung: Superego
Similar to Freud’s concept but more integrated into the process of individuation, helping balance the conscious and unconscious.
Jung: Oedipus Complex
Jung disagreed with Freud’s Oedipus complex theory, emphasizing that the unconscious’s dynamics are more archetypal and symbolic.
Jung: Desire
Desire is tied to the process of individuation, representing a drive for personal integration and self-realization.
Jung: Shadow
Part of the personal unconscious, representing aspects of the self that are suppressed or unintegrated.
Jung: Archetypes
In the collective unconscious, archetypes are universal, symbolic patterns that shape human experience, e.g., the Hero, the Mother, the Self.
Jung: Individuation
The process of integrating unconscious material (personal and archetypal) into the conscious mind, leading to psychological wholeness.
Jung: Collective Unconscious
A universal, shared layer of the unconscious, containing archetypes that shape human behavior across cultures and generations.
Jung: Symbolic Order
Jung viewed symbols as expressions of the archetypes that shape the unconscious, aiming for integration.
Lacan: Unconscious
Structured like a language, shaped by the symbolic order (language and societal norms).
Lacan: Repression
Repression is understood as a process where desires and memories are pushed out of conscious awareness, but it is shaped by the symbolic order.
Lacan: Ego
The ego is formed through the mirror stage and is tied to the symbolic order, reflecting the subject’s relationship with the Other.
Lacan: Superego
Lacan doesn’t use the term superego directly but relates it to the law of the symbolic order, controlling the subject’s desires.
Lacan: Oedipus Complex
Lacan incorporates the Oedipus complex within the broader framework of the mirror stage and symbolic order, connecting it to the subject’s entry into the world of language.
