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
ultimate goal of sexual drive
REDUCTION OF SEXUAL TENSION
EROS AS:
seen among infants who are primarily self-centered, their libido invested almost exclusively on their own ego, universal
PRIMARY NARCISSISM
EROS AS:
as ego develops, children usually give up their primary narcissism and develop greater interest in other people
SECONDARY NARCISSISM
EROS AS:
develops when people invest their libido on an object or person other than themselves
LOVE
EROS IN:
need for sexual pleasure by inflicting pain or humiliation on another person.
SADISM (aggressive states)
EROS IN:
experience sexual pleasure from suffering pain and humiliation inflicted either on themselves or by others.
MASOCHISM (aggressive states)
aim of the destructive drive
RETURN THE ORGANISM TO AN INORGANIC STATE
final aim of the aggressive drive
SELF-DESTRUCTION
involves repression of strong hostile impulses and the overt and obvious expression of the opposite tendency.
REACTION FORMATIONS
unpleasant emotional state, accompanied by physical sensations
ANXIETY
serves as a warning signal & alerts that individual that the ego is being threatened
ANXIETY
A’S TYPES:
apprehension about an unknown danger, originating from the id
NEUROTIC ANXIETY
A’S TYPES:
arises from the conflict between the ego and the superego, fear of one’s conscience
MORAL ANXIETY
A’S TYPES:
fear of possible danger
REALISTIC ANXIETY
A’S TYPES:
Belle’s heart is pounding so fast but does not know what causes it.
NEUROTIC ANXIETY
A’S TYPES:
Belle is pregnant. She is debating whether to abort or keep the baby.
MORAL ANXIETY
A’S TYPES:
Belle is scared to cross the road because there are a lot of fast cars.
REALISTIC ANXIETY
our ego’s responses to anxiety
DEFENSE MECHANISMS
TRUE OR FALSE:
our ego’s responses to anxiety operate consciously and are distortions of reality.
FALSE - CONSCIOUSLY - UNCONSCIOUSLY
what happens when our ego’s responses to anxiety be overused?
LEADS TO MALADAPTIVE & NEUROTIC BEHAVIOR
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
refusal to admit the existence of an external threat or traumatic even
DENIAL
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle refuses that she has an alcohol or substance use disorder because she can still function and go to work each day
DENIAL
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
most basic; involves unconscious denial of the existence of something that causes anxiety
REPRESSION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle experienced painful labor but continues to have children (and each time the level of pain is surprising).
REPRESSION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
adopting a response that is opposite to what one truly feels
REACTION FORMATION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle greets and gives Cindy foods even though she strongly dislike her.
REACTION FORMATION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
sometimes called intellectualization involves stripping the emotion from a difficult memory or threatening impulse
ISOLATION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle was cheated on by her partner. To avoid the distress, she visited her favorite joints, spend more time with friends, went shopping.
ISOLATION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
renunciation of needs; involves the use of some kind of ascetic (monk-like) lifestyle wherein the person renounces his interest in what other people enjoy
ASCETISM
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle took refuge in a remote mountain area.
ASCETISM
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
redirecting urges towards other people or objects, instead of the actual target
DISPLACEMENT
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle had a bad day at school, she gets angry when she sees her niece walking.
DISPLACEMENT
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
channeling of an unacceptable impulse to socially acceptable behaviors
SUBLIMATION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle is experiencing extreme anger and might take up kick-boxing as a means of venting frustration
SUBLIMATION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
attachment to an earlier, simpler psychological stage in life instead of moving forward, since doing so can be anxiety-inducing.
FIXATION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle ensure that everything is clean and tidy. She doesn’t stand mess.
FIXATION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
returning to an earlier stage of development
REGRESSION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle, a 25 year old woman, threw tantrums when a lady bought the bag she wants.
REGRESSION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
attribution of one’s urges, impulses, wishes, desires, thoughts to someone else
PROJECTION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle is attracted to a male co-worker but can’t admit her feelings, so when her husband talks about a female co-worker, she becomes jealous and accuses him of being attracted to the other woman.
PROJECTION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
form of projection that at first glance looks like its opposite. The person attempts to fulfill his own needs vicariously, through other people.
ALTRUISTIC SURRENDER
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
As a child, Belle expressed ambitions of having a successful career and many children. As an adult, Belle never actively pursued a career and never had children. She did, however, closely follow the career developments of her friends and was devoted to their children.
ALTRUISTIC SURRENDER
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
identification; attributing other people’s positive characteristics towards oneself, even when they don’t actually possess it.
INTROJECTION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle thinks that she looks like Kathryn Bernardo, but actually she is mestiza.
INTROJECTION
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
version of introjection that focuses on the adoption, not of general or positive traits, but negative or feared traits
IDENTIFICATION WITH THE AGGRESSOR
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle, a victim of abuse, becomes an abuser to others.
IDENTIFICATION WITH THE AGGRESSOR
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
magical gestures or rituals that are mean to cancel out unpleasant thoughts or feelings after they have already occurred
UNDOING
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle made Cindy cried. So she gave her milktea, burger, and fries.
UNDOING
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
special form of displacement where the person becomes his own substitute target.
TURNING AGAINST THE SELF
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle got cheated on. She blames herself for not being pretty and good enough.
TURNING AGAINST THE SELF
DEFENSE MECHANISM:
Belle got cheated on. She blames herself for not being pretty and good enough.
TURNING AGAINST THE SELF
mode of therapy ni Anna O
TALKING CURE
final diagnosis of Anna O
HYSTERIA
TRUE OR FALSE:
the latest years in a person’s life has tremendous effects on how they will become as human persons.
FALSE - latest - earliest
Freud developed what stage of development to o illustrate how years play out in a child’s life, and what each stage leads to in the development of a person
PSYCHOSEXUAL
F’S PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT:
Belle likes sucking her mom’s nipple for milk.
ORAL PHASE
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
Belle bites her nails whenever she is frustrated.
ORAL RECEPTIVE
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
Belle always shouts at her friends whenever she is annoyed.
ORAL SADISTIC/AGGRESSIVE PERIOD
F’S PHASE ON PERSONALITY:
Belle gains a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment by controlling her bladder and bowel movements.
ANAL PHASE
TRUE OR FALSE:
if parents respond positively to child’s feces, then child is likely to grow as generous adults; if parents respond negatively to child’s feces, then child is likely to develop an anal triad
FALSE - anal triad - anal character
TRUE OR FALSE:
anal character is characterized by orderliness, stinginess, and obstinacy
FALSE - anal character - anal triad
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
individuals who experienced harsh potty-training during childhood and now possess excessively organized or tidy behaviors
ANAL-RETENTIVE
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
individuals who experienced lax potty training and now are messy and disorganized as adults.
ANAL-EXPULSIVE
F’S PHASE ON PERSONALITY:
Belle is confused about her genital.
PHALLIC PHASE
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
Prince has the fear of losing his penis as a result of competing with his father for the affection of the mother
CASTRATION ANXIETY
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
Prince developes a sexual desire for his mother.
OEDIPUS COMPLEX
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
Belle has a sense of competition with her mother for the affections of her father.
ELECTRA COMPLEX
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
Belle has a desire to have penises due to feeling being
shortchanged with their own genitalia
PENIS ENVY
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
evidence of strong narcissism; presents difficulty in establishing mature heterosexual relationships.
PHALLIC PERSONALITY
F’S PHASE ON PERSONALITY:
Belle is now active in sports and bond with her friends every after school hours.
LATENCY PHASE
F’S PHASE ON PERSONALITY:
Belle wants to have sexual intercourse with her boyfriend.
GENITAL PHASE
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
ultimate conflict that the individual must face
GENITAL CONFLICT
F’S EFFECT ON PERSONALITY:
person enjoys a satisfying adult sexuality
GENITAL PERSONALITY TYPE
BASIC OF FREUD’S THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUE:
patients are required to verbalize every thought that comes to their mind, no matter how irrelevant may appear.
FREE ASSOCIATION
BASIC OF FREUD’S THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUE:
transform the manifest content of dreams to the more important latent content
DREAM ANALYSIS
BASIC OF FREUD’S THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUE:
everyday slips of the tongue or pen, misreading, incorrect hearing, misplacing objects, and temporarily forgetting names or intentions
FREDUIAN SLIPS/PARAPRAXES
FREUD VS ADLER VIEW OF HUMANITY:
believed that most of our behavior is determined by past events.
FREUD
FREUD VS ADLER VIEW OF HUMANITY:
we come into the world in a basic state of conflict, with life and death forces.
FREUD
FREUD VS ADLER VIEW OF HUMANITY:
present behavior is mostly shaped by past causes
FREUD
FREUD VS ADLER VIEW OF HUMANITY:
believed that everything is the result of a deep-rooted desire to satisfy sexual or aggressive drives
FREUD
FREUD VS ADLER VIEW OF HUMANITY:
he takes a middle position since humanity’s evolutionary past gives rise to many similarities among people
FREUD
