Module 4 and 5 Flashcards
UNCONSCIOUS
is the key to understanding our personalit
Personality
is represented in symbols
ID
unconscious
drives and instincts
“pleasure principle”
superego
“moral principle”
Perfection > pleasure
decides right or wrong
Ego
mediator
reality principle
Ego
executive branch ofthe psyche
ego
hunger and suicidal thoughts
ego
unconscious forgetting
Repression
ego replaces less acceptable motive or impulse with a more acceptable one
Rationalization
our-graping and sweet-lemonizing
Rationalization
expressing the opposite reaction
Reaction Formation
attributing negative thoughts or feelings about the self to the outside world
Projection
: ego refuses to acknowledge anxiety-provoking situations
Denial
: negative feelings or thoughts are displaced or directed to a safer target
Displacement
: seeking the security of an earlier developmental stage
Regression
using reasoning to block emotional distress
Intellectualization
diverting an unacceptable impulse to a socially desirable one
Sublimation
the satisfaction of the sexual urges at a specific developmental stage drives the acquisition of psychological characteristics
Psychosexual stages of development
Mouth = pleasure
______ moths
Oral Stage
1st to 18 months
satisfaction of oral activities (sucking, eating)
Oral Stage
_______,____________,___ become prototype of later characteristic traits
biting, chewing, and swallowing
ANAL STAGE
discharge eases discomfort and provides relief
1st
decisive experience of external regulation
ANAL STAGE
strict toilet training
strict toilet training
praising toilet training
- > RETENTIVE
- > EXPULSIVE
- > CREATIVITY
sexual and aggressive feelings are associated to the functioning of the genital organs
: Genitals are the source of pleasure
PHALLIC STAGE
are the source of pleasure
: Genitals
among boys; natural love for the mother becomes sexual
: OEDIPUS COMPLEX
e fear of having his penis cut by the father
CASTRATION ANXIETY
natural love for the father becomes sexual
: ELEKTRA COMPLEX
r questioning and blaming the mother for having her penis ‘cut’
PENIS ENVY
– imitating the parent of same sex to vicariously possess the parent of the opposite sex
: IDENTIFICATION
: the sexual drive lies dormant
LATENCY STAGE
energy is once again focused on the genitals
GENITAL STAGE