Modules 46-48 Flashcards
Is an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
personality
behavior is dynamic interaction between conscious and unconscious mind
psychodynamic/psychoanalysis theories
Focus on inner capacities for growth and self-fulfillment
humanistic approach (Carl Rogers)
Examine characteristic patterns of behavior
trait theories
Explore interaction between traits and social context
social-cognitive theories
- Observed patients whose disorders and/or distress had no clear physical explanations
- Concluded their problems reflected unacceptable thoughts and feelings, hidden away in the unconscious mind
Freud
Psychologists have used an – image to illustrate Freud’s idea that the mind is mostly hidden beneath the conscious surface
iceberg
id is totally –
unconscious
T/F: ego and superego operate both consciously and unconsciously.
true
Unlike the parts of a frozen iceberg; however, the id, ego, and superego –
interact
first theory of personality
Freud’s idea of the mind’s structure
operates off the pleasure principle (gimme me now)
babies
id
operates off our morality principle (everything is wrong, fun = wrong)
superego
operates off the reality principle (middle ground), communicates with the id and superego
ego
devil
id
angel
superego
mostly conscious; makes peace between id and superego
ego
id is – energy
unconscious
internalized ideals
superego
outside awareness but accessible
preconscious
Operates on pleasure principle; unconsciously strives to satisfy basic drives to survive, reproduce, and aggress
id
Operates on reality principle; seeks to realistically gratify id’s impulses to bring long-term pleasure; contains perceptions, thoughts, judgments and memories
ego
Focuses on ideal behavior; strives for perfections; acts as moral conscious
superego
Pleasure centers on the 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 incestuous sexual feelings
phallic (3-6 years)
A phase of dormant sexual feelings
latency (6 to puberty)
maturation of sexual interests
genital (puberty on)
Ego protects itself with tactics that reduce and redirect anxiety by – (defense mechanisms).
reality distortion
Defense mechanisms function – and indirectly.
unconsciously
stuck in a stage is called
fixation
- Faced with a mild stressor, children and young orangutans seek from their caregivers.
- Freud might have interpreted these behaviors as –, a retreat to an earlier developmental stage.
regression
Retreating to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixated.
regression
Switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites.
reaction formation
Disguising one’s own threatening impulses by attributing them to others.
projection
Offering self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening unconscious reasons for one’s actions.
rationalization