Lesson 3 Flashcards
Scientific study of animal and human behavior and mental processes
Psychology
“It’s not right to do this.”
____ level of operation
Uses ideals and morals to present ideal version of self to the world, learned from parents and environment
Superego
Preconscious
“I want to do it now!”
_____ level of operation
Seeks immediate gratification and express impulses, desires, and instincts.
Id
Unconscious
“Maybe we can compromise”.
_____ level of operation
Mediator between Id and Superego, impulses and inhibitions, a rational part of the psyche
Ego
Conscious and Preconscious
Explain Freud’s Iceberg theory
Conscious mind
Subconscious / Preconscious mind
Unconscious mind
Pleasures centers on mouth – sucking, biting, chewing
Oral 0-18 months
Pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control
Anal 18-36 months
Pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestious sexual feelings
Phallic 3-6 years
Dormant sexual feelings
Latency 6-puberty
Maturation of sexual interest
Genital puberty on
Anal stage
Potty training
Anal expulsive personality
Anal retentive personality
Phallic stage
Oedipus complex
Castration anxiety
Electra complex
Penis envy
Unconscious mental processes that distort reality in order to protect the ego against anxiety, shame, or other unacceptable feelings or thoughts
Ego-Defense Mechanism
To invest one’s own conscious effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems in order to try to master, minimize or tolerate stress and conflict
Coping
Psychological coping mechanisms
Coping strategies
Coping skills
Types of coping strategies
Appraisal-focused
Problem-focused
Emotion-focused
