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Freudian Theory Flashcards

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Libidinal

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  • sexual desires
  • in your unconscious
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Censor

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  • The internalized representative within each individual of the standards of society
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Conscious mind

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What your are aware of

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Preconscious mind

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  • Ordinary memory
  • Things stored here are not in the conscious but they can readily be brought into the conscious
  • memories and stored knowledge
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Unconscious mind

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  • This part of the mind is not directly accessible to awareness
  • Where urges, feelings and ideas take root and influence our actions and conscious awareness
  • Most of our mind (75%-80%)
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Examples of chief mechanisms

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  • Condensation
  • Displacement
  • Symbolism
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Condensation

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The omission of parts of the unconscious material and the combining of several elements into one

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Displacement

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The substitution for an unconscious object of desire by one that is acceptable to the conscious mind

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Symbolism

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  • The representation of repressed, mainly sexual, objects of desire by nonsexual objects which resemble phallic or yonic symbols
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Phallic Symbol

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Penis symbol

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Yonic Symbol

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Vagina symbol

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The ego

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  • Exists at the conscious level
  • A balance between the Id and the Superego
  • The personalization and interpretation to the world around you
  • “Reality Principal”
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The Superego

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  • moral part of the brain
  • Informs us of what is right and wrong, good and evil
  • Forces us to conform, behave and get along as social beings
  • Laws, rules, routines of society
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The Id

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  • Irrational part of the mind
  • Contains all basic needs and feelings
  • “pleasure principal”
  • Dominated by sexual desire
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What are the movements from society to isolation?
(Freudian symbols)

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  1. The jungle
  2. The deserted island
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The jungle in depth

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  • symbolic of isolation and opposite of the city
  • Jungle is dense, dark and lawless
  • darkness is an excellent place of the id to surface
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The deserted island in depth

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  • Same qualities as the jungle
  • May even contain a jungle which adds further isolation
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Journey by plane, boat or any vehicle
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • To travel away from society is a journey to face the parts of one’s personality that have not previously surfaced
  • Can symbolize a joinery of self-discovery
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Colour symbols
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • movement from lightness (society) to darkness (the jungle) represents that the Id is in control
  • Lightness represents truth, rationality and logic
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Loss of language
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • Represents a return to the state of childhood
  • Id is more dominant
  • Characters can’t express themselves clearly
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Removal of clothes
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • When the Id is in control, characters may shed their clothes
  • Clothing is a symbol of society, or the Superego
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Change their personal appearance
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • Characters may paint their faces, or grow hair to present a primitive appearance
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Adopt animal behaviours
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • crawl, howl, scream
  • Represents control of the Id
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A strong sexual urge that is almost uncontrollable
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • Characters engage in frequent sexual activity, change mates often, or harm their partners
  • Represents control of the Id
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Evil deeds are performed
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • Murder, theft, rape
  • Id assumes complete control
  • Character shows no remorse for these actions when there is no balance between the Id and the Superego
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Tribal formation and rituals
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • Characters attempt to form mini societies
  • Break away tribes form
  • Feuding may result
  • Come together for desire of power
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Work ethic
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • If a character keeps busy he will keep his Id under control
  • Idleness allows the Id to surface
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Monsters/unusual creatures
(Freudian Symbol)

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  • Monsters do bad things
  • May or may not be seen
  • Represents various components of the Id
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Who was this theory established by?

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Sigmund Freud

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What are the 3 categories of the human personality?

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  1. The ego - exists at the conscious level
  2. The superego - exists at the conscious level
  3. The Id - exists at the subconscious level
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Freudian Theory - General idea

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  • Human behaviour is influenced by unconscious memories, thoughts and urges
  • Proposes that the psyche contains the Id, Superego and ego
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Latent Content

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The disguised fantasies in the dream or work of literature

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Manifest Content

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The unconscious wishes that are made acceptable

English - Literary Criticism (4 decks)

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