M2U1: PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY Flashcards
- born in Freiberg, Moravia
- birthday: March/May 6, 1856
SIGMUND FREUD
what is the significant moment in F’s life, which would be of relevance to his future theories?
BIRTH OF HIS SIBLING JULIUS (wished for his death, guilt remained until he was an adult)
F’s entered medical school at the University of Vienna and
initially pursued?
PHYSIOLOGY AS A DOCTOR
earliest approach to the formal study of personality
PSYCHOANALYSIS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
plays a little role in F’s theories
CONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
all the sensations, experiences, and thoughts of which we are aware of.
CONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
tip of the iceberg & is contact with outside world
CONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
information that comes from the external world and penetrates our mental life through our sense organs
PERCEPTUAL CONSCIOUS SYSTEM
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
storehouse of memories, perceptions, and thoughts
PRECONCSIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
person is not aware of but can easily reach the conscious without much effort because they are not actively repressed.
PRECONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
contains all drives, urges, or instincts that are beyond one’s awareness.
UNCONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
motivate most of our feelings and behaviors
UNCONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
focus of psychoanalytic theory
UNCONSCIOUS
TRUE OR FALSE:
the unconscious manifests itself directly, through dreams or slip of the tongue (Freudian slips)
FALSE - DIRECTLY - INDIRECTLY
which of the following mental life are repressed?
UNCONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
Belle remembers her class schedule.
PRECONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
Belle is currently thinking about her favorite toy as a child.
PRECONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
Belle is reading a book.
CONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
Belle is hungry and thirsty.
CONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
Belle has a mannerism of pulling her hair.
UNCONSCIOUS
F’S LEVELS OF PERSONALITY/MENTAL LIFE:
Belle’s memories of childhood abuse.
UNCONSCIOUS
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
strives to reduce tension by seeking out to fulfill desires
ID
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
pleasure principle
ID
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
only knows instant gratification and drives us to what we want when we want it, without regard for anyone else wants
ID
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
no awareness of reality
ID
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
reality principle
EGO
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
only region of the mind in touch with reality
EGO
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
decision-making branch of the mind and strikes a balance between the demands of the id and the superego.
EGO
TRUE OR FALSE:
the ego prevent id satisfaction
FALSE - DOES NOT PREVENT (tries to postpone, delay, or redirect it in terms of the demands of reality)
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
moralistic principle
SUPEREGO
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
demands for what is ideal or perfect
SUPEREGO
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
result of punishments and ought to answer the question what shouldn’t you do
CONSCIENCE
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
result of rewards and ought to answer the question what should you do.
EGO-IDEAL
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
Belle was very hungry but needed to go to the grocery store. While she was shopping at the produce section, she grabbed an apple, ate it, and continued shopping.
ID
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
Belle really wanted to borrow her mom’s necklace, but knew her mom would be angry if she took it without asking, so she asked her mom if she could wear it.
EGO
F’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY/PROVINCES OF THE MIND:
Belle knew she could steal the supplies from work and no one would know about it. However, she knew that stealing was wrong, so she decided not to take anything even though she would probably never get caught.
SUPEREGO
constant motivational forces
DRIVES
the propelling forces of personality
INSTINCTS
German term for ____ that is a driving force or impulse
TRIEB
suggests that people are motivated to restore and maintain a condition of physiological equilibrium/balance, to keep the body free from tensions
HOMEOSTATIC APPROACH
what is the aim of the propelling force of personality?
SATISFY THE NEED AND REDUCE TENSION
I’S TYPES:
serve the purpose of survival of the individual
LIFE INSTINCT
I’S TYPES:
form of psychic energy manifested by life instincts that drives people toward pleasurable behaviors and thoughts.
LIBIDO
I’S TYPES:
attachment or investment of psychic energy to an object or person
CATHEXIS
I’S TYPES:
energy whether to move forward/act on it
LIBIDO
areas of the body that are sensitive to pleasant and sensual feelings hence giving rise to the sexual feeling when stimulated.
EROGENOUS ZONES
I’S TYPES:
unconscious drive toward decay, destruction, and aggression
DEATH INSTINCT
I’S TYPES:
one of the components of death instincts described as the wish to die, destroy, conquer and kill
AGGRESSIVE DRIVE
DRIVES:
refers to life impulses/drives; forces that maintain life processes and ensure reproduction of the species.
EROS
DRIVES:
encompassing death impulses/drives
THANATOS
DRIVES:
amount of force it exerts
IMPETUS
DRIVES:
region in a state of excitation or tension
SOURCE
DRIVES:
to seek pleasure by removing that excitation or reducing the tension
AIM
DRIVES:
person or thing that serves as the means through which the aim is satisfied
OBJECT