Freud : Psychoanalytic Theory Flashcards
What is the birth date and place of Sigmund Freud?
March 6 or May 6, 1856, Freiberg, Moravia (Czech Republic)
Freud passed away in 1939 in London.
What significant event in Freud’s early life impacted his psychic development?
The birth of his brother Julius when Freud was about a year and a half old.
Where did Freud spend most of his life?
Vienna, Austria.
What two factors hindered Freud’s work in teaching and research?
- Limited opportunities for academic advancement
- Reduced monetary aid from his father.
What technique did Freud gradually discover while using catharsis?
The free association technique.
Who was Freud’s close professional associate and friend during his early career?
Josef Breuer.
What was Freud’s first significant publication with Breuer?
‘Studies on Hysteria (1895)’.
What did Freud realize about his seduction theory?
It did not enable him to successfully treat a single patient.
What personal crisis did Freud experience in the late 1890s?
Professional isolation and personal crises after the death of his father.
What is the cornerstone of Freud’s psychoanalytic theory?
Sex and aggression.
What are the three levels of mental life according to Freud?
- Unconscious
- Preconscious
- Conscious.
What is the primary function of the id?
To reduce tension by satisfying basic desires.
What principle governs the ego?
The reality principle.
What is the moral arm of personality in Freud’s theory?
The superego.
Name the three types of anxiety identified by Freud.
- Neurotic anxiety
- Moral anxiety
- Realistic anxiety.
What is repression in Freud’s defense mechanisms?
Forces threatening feelings into the unconscious.
What is the difference between fixation and regression?
- Fixation - permanent attachment of the libido to an earlier stage.
- Regression - temporary reversion to an earlier stage.
What are the stages of psychosexual development?
- Oral Stage (0-18 months)
- Anal Stage (18 months - 3 years)
- Phallic Stage (3-6 years)
- Latency Stage (6-12 years)
- Genital Stage (12+ years).
What is the focus of the oral phase in psychosexual development?
Sucking and oral stimulation.
What complex develops during the phallic phase for boys?
The Oedipus complex.
What is the main characteristic of the latency period?
Repression of sexual drives and focus on nonsexual activities.
What is transference in psychoanalytic therapy?
The strong feelings, positive or negative, that patients develop toward their analyst.
What are the forms of dream distortions in Freud’s dream analysis?
- Condensation
- Synthesis
- Dislocation.
What does the latent content of a dream refer to?
The unconscious material beneath the surface meaning.
What is dream analysis used for?
To transform the manifest content of dreams to the latent content
Manifest content refers to the surface meaning of dreams, while latent content refers to the unconscious material.
Define manifest content in the context of dream analysis.
The surface meaning or the conscious description given by the dreamer.
Define latent content in the context of dream analysis.
Unconscious material.
What is condensation in dream distortions?
When a part of something symbolizes the whole thing.
What is synthesis in dream distortions?
When an idea in the manifest content is a combination of many ideas in the latent content.
What is dislocation in dream distortions?
Displacement of unacceptable ideas to something symbolically equivalent and acceptable.
List three anxiety dreams.
- Embarrassment dream of nakedness
- Dreams of the death of a beloved person
- Dreams of failing an examination
What are Freudian slips also known as?
Parapraxes.
What is a criterion for evaluating a theory related to research?
Generate research.
What is a characteristic of a theory that is low in its openness to falsification?
It is difficult to test.
What is a weakness of a theory with a very loose organizational framework?
Not a good guide to solve practical problems.
What is a feature of a theory that is low on internal consistency?
It lacks coherence.
What is the concept of humanity according to the discussed theory?
- Deterministic
- Pessimistic
- Causality over teleology
- Unconscious over conscious
- Biology over culture
- Equal emphasis on uniqueness and similarity
