Freuds Theory Flashcards
The human mind is mainly made up of the unconscious mind and is the driving force for all our behaviour and are motivated by are unconsciously urges and desires
The significance of dreams in frued theory
He believed that drama were a product of the unconscious mind and he would be able to understand what happens in the unconscious mind with dreams
Structure of personality (id)
- pleasure principle
- our wants
- present at birth
- unconscious
- selfish
Structure of personality (Ego)
- reality principles
- mediator between the id and the superego
- defense mechanism
- developes at around 2 years old
Structure of personality (superego)
- internalised through sense of right and wrong
- based in morality principles ( moral standard from the child’s same sec parent)
State the three defense mechanism.
Repression
Denial
Displacement
What is denial
Refusing to acknowledge some aspect of reality
What is repression
Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious mind
What is displacement
Transferring feelings from the true source of distressing emotion to a substitute kne
What do dreams act as
Wish fullfilment
What is wish fullfillmet
Satisfying our conscious urges
What is manifest content
What actually happens in the dream
What is latent content
Underlying meaning of the dream
Criticism of frued theory
- theory is too subjective. A number of people could hear the same description of a dream and interpret it differently so why should we trust frued.
- difficult to test. Dreams cannot be verified. Are we recalling dreams accurately
- based on unreliable research. Evidence is many from case studies so difficult to generalise
- cultural and historical bias. His explanation may have reflected the culture at the time. People attitudes towards sex are more liberal
