Lecture 9: ideas with roots in psychoanalytic theory

Question 1

psychosocial theory

Answer 1

• all based on interactions with others
• who we are in relation to others and society
• am i good at things, am i worthy, is my life meaningful
• can i trust and depend on others is the world a safe place

Question 2

what are the stages of psychosocial theory

Answer 2

• infancy (mistrust vs trust)
• toddlerhood (shame and doubt vs autonomy
• young childhood (guilt vs initiative)
• elementary school (inferiority vs industry)
• adolescence (role confusion vs identity)
• young adult (isolation vs intimacy)
• adulthood (stagnation vs generativity)
• old age (despair vs integrity)

Question 3

attachment theory

Answer 3

• infants are hardwired at birth to form an attachment with caregiver (evolutionary adaptation)
• if the caregiver is responsive, infant develops sense of safety/security (trust)

Question 4

secure attachment

Answer 4

• comforted and happy when mom returns
• caregiver is a secure base from which child can explore their environment
• learns trust and confidence
• leads to good relationships as an adult

Question 5

avoidant attachment style

Answer 5

• aloof, pushes mom away when she comes back
• caregiver is not a secure base
• child feels rejected and develops an internal model that they are unworthy and the world is dangerous and they can’t trust anyone
• dismissive adult relationships

Question 6

Anxious attachment

Answer 6

• infant cries and is angry at mom for leaving
• caregiver is not a secure base
• child feels rejected and feels unworthy
• clingy relationships in adulthood

Question 7

cognitive unconscious

Answer 7

• information gets into memory subliminally and can prime assoicated memories
• that which resides in unconscious is not necessarily threatening or unacceptable

Question 8

motivate unconscious

Answer 8

• to what extend are people aware of the causes/reasons for their behaviours
• unconscious priming of goals

Question 9

unconscious priming

Answer 9

• those primed with performance words vs neutral words

Question 10

primed rudeness vs politeness vs neutral

Answer 10

• aggressively, bold, rude, brazen

Question 11

• unconscious motivation

Answer 11

• people do not always know what motivates their behaviour

Question 12

ego depletion

Answer 12

• ego is like a muscle, you have to train it
• ego as a limited energy source (it can get exhausted)
• when we are most likely to give in to impulses when we are tired