freud's theory

Question 1

What three parts of the mind are there?

Answer 1

conscious, preconscious & the unconscious

Question 2

What is the conscious mind?

Answer 2

The part that we control and are aware of

Question 3

What is the preconscious mind?

Answer 3

Just below the conscious that we are semi-aware of

Question 4

What is the unconscious mind?

Answer 4

what we are unaware of

Question 5

What is stored in the unconscious mind?

Answer 5

• traumas
• repressed memories

Question 6

What are the three personalities?

Answer 6

ID, ego & superego

Question 7

What is our ID?

Answer 7

Our impulsive instincts and the most primitive part of us

Question 8

What are features of the ID?

Answer 8

• not knowing right from wrong
• demands instant gratification
• lies in our unconscious mind
• pleasure principle

Question 9

What is our ego?

Answer 9

Our reality which develops soon after birth

Question 10

What are features of our ego?

Answer 10

• acts as a mediator between our ID and the world
• balances our ID and superego
• lies in our preconscious mind
• reality principle

Question 11

What is our superego?

Answer 11

Our morality and judgement

Question 12

What are features of the superego?

Answer 12

• creates guilt and anxiety
• lies in all parts of our mind so we are fully aware

Question 13

What is a Freudian slip?

Answer 13

An unintentional error that reveals subconscious feelings

Question 14

What are examples of Freudian slips?

Answer 14

• calling someone the wrong name
• misquoting or misinterpreting a written or spoken word
• using the wrong word

Question 15

What is the psychosexual stages of development theory?

Answer 15

A theory that personality is based on libido - this moves around different areas of the body during childhood as we pass through stages of psychosexual development

Question 16

What is libido?

Answer 16

Sex drive

Question 17

What are the 5 stages of psychosexual development?

Answer 17

1- oral stage (birth-1)
2- anal stage (1-3)
3- phallic stage (3-5)
4- latency period (5-puberty)
5- genital stage (puberty-death)

Question 18

What is the oral stage?

Answer 18

Fixation of the mouth

Question 19

What are important influences of the oral stage?

Answer 19

• breastfeeding
• weaning onto solid foods

Question 20

What are consequences of neglecting the oral stage?

Answer 20

• smoking
• seeks oral stimulation
• manipulative personality

Question 21

What is the anal stage?

Answer 21

fixation on the anus

Question 22

What are important influences of the anal stage?

Answer 22

potty training

Question 23

What are consequences of neglecting the anal stage?

Answer 23

a rigid personality

Question 24

What is the phallic stage?

Answer 24

Fixation on the phallus (penis)

Question 25

What are important influences of the phallic stage?

Answer 25

Oedipus and Electra complex

Question 26

What are consequences of neglecting the phallic stage?

Answer 26

- egoism - low self esteem - shyness - treating women with contempt - flirty & promiscuous

Question 27

What is the latency period?

Answer 27

Having little or no sexual motivation

Question 28

What are consequences of a neglected latency period?

Answer 28

Sexual activity and increase decreases

Question 29

What is the genital stage?

Answer 29

Fixation on the genitals

Question 30

What are important influences on the genital stage?

Answer 30

sexual relationships

Question 31

What are consequences of a neglected genital stage?

Answer 31

- reawakening of Oedipal or Electra conflict - reworking of childhood identifications

Question 32

What stage do children begin to identify with their gender?

Answer 32

Phallic (3-5 years old)

Question 33

What is the difference between the Oedipus and Electra complex?

Answer 33

Oedipus is applicable for boys and Electra is for girls

Question 34

What is stage one of the Oedipus complex?

Answer 34

boys start to develop an unconscious sexual desire for their mother

Question 35

What is stage two of the Oedipus complex?

Answer 35

the boy becomes jealous of his father and he fears castration by his father if he finds out about his desires

Question 36

What is stage three of the Oedipus complex?

Answer 36

the boy is in a state of conflict, but deals with this by identifying with his father and internalising his characteristics

Question 37

What is stage four of the Oedipus complex?

Answer 37

the boy substitutes his desire for his mother with the desire for other women and the Oedipus complex is resolved

Question 38

What is stage one of the Electra complex?

Answer 38

girl starts to develop an unconscious sexual desire for her father

Question 39

What is stage two of the Electra complex?

Answer 39

the girl realises she has no penis and develops penis envy - she is also jealous of her mother

Question 40

What is stage three of the Electra complex?

Answer 40

the girl realises she can neither have her father or a penis and then identifies with her mother

Question 41

What is stage four of the Electra complex?

Answer 41

the girl substitutes her desire for a penis with the desire for a baby and the desire for her father turns into the desire for other men