PER PSY Flashcards
These are basic psychological needs that are common to all individuals and are necessary for their survival. They include things like the need for food, water, shelter, safety, love, and belongingness.
General Needs
a child may have zonal needs related to exploration and learning, while an adult may have zonal needs related to work, intimacy, or self-expression. Zonal needs evolve over time and can influence how individuals prioritize their goals and relationships.
Zonal Needs
This dynamism develops when a person feels rejected or mistreated, leading them to view others as threats. They often expect harm from others and act defensively or aggressively to protect themselves. It can result in difficulty forming trusting relationships and an overall negative outlook on social interactions.
Malevolence (Disjunctive Dynamism)
This dynamism involves close, trusting relationships where individuals feel safe and understood. It’s marked by mutual respect and emotional closeness. Positive intimate relationships contribute to a sense of security and well-being, fostering personal growth and healthy social functioning.
ntimacy (Conjunctive Dynamism)
This dynamism is driven by physical attraction and desire. It can lead to seeking sexual encounters without considering emotional intimacy or the feelings of others. When dominant, it can isolate sexual behavior from other aspects of relationships, potentially leading to shallow or unfulfilling interactions.
Lust (Isolating Dynamism)
This system works to protect the individual from experiences that could cause anxiety or threaten their self-concept. It includes strategies like denial, selective attention, and rationalization. While it helps manage stress and maintain a stable self-image, it can sometimes distort reality and hinder personal growth by avoiding confronting uncomfortable truths.
Self-System
This represents the positive qualities, traits, and experiences that individuals associate with themselves. It’s like a mental image of all the good things they believe about themselves, such as their strengths, achievements, and positive relationships.
The Good-Me Personification
embodies the negative aspects, flaws, and shortcomings that individuals perceive in themselves. It’s like an inner critic that focuses on mistakes, failures, and insecurities, leading to feelings of guilt, shame, or self-doubt.
The Bad-Me Personification
This personification represents aspects of oneself that are disowned or denied, typically because they evoke feelings of discomfort, anxiety, or shame. These are qualities, behaviors, or traits that individuals reject or attribute to others rather than acknowledging them as part of their own identity.
The Not-Me Personification
a newborn baby experiences the world primarily through sensations such as touch, taste, and sound, without the ability to understand or categorize these sensations.
Prototaxic Level
a young child may develop beliefs about the world based on their interactions with caregivers and other significant figures in their lives, interpreting events through the lens of their own emotional experiences.
Parataxic Level
an adult uses logic and reasoning to analyze a situation, consider multiple perspectives, and make informed decisions based on abstract principles and values.
Syntaxic Level
This involves submitting to authority figures and following their orders without questioning or thinking critically.
Authoritarianism
This refers to harming oneself or others as a way to cope with the anxiety and uncertainty that comes with freedom.
Destructiveness
This involves mindlessly conforming to societal norms and expectations without considering one’s own values or beliefs.
Automaton Conformity
which involves the ability to act authentically and responsibly in accordance with one’s true self and values. Positive freedom is about embracing the opportunities and responsibilities that come with freedom, rather than seeking to escape or avoid them
Positive Freedom
People with a productive orientation are actively engaged in creating and contributing to the world around them. They seek to express their creativity, cultivate meaningful relationships, and contribute positively to society.
Productive Orientation
People with a nonproductive orientation are more focused on consuming rather than creating. They may prioritize material possessions, status, or personal pleasure over meaningful engagement with the world or others.
Nonproductive Orientation
someone who exploits others for personal gain, such as a con artist who deceives people for financial profit.
Exploitative Characters
a person who excessively collects possessions or obsessively pursues wealth, often at the expense of their relationships and well-being.
Hoarding Characters
a person who excessively collects possessions or obsessively pursues wealth, often at the expense of their relationships and well-being.
Hoarding Characters
individuals who base their self-worth and identity on external standards of success and achievement. They may prioritize image, status, and social approval, often at the expense of authenticity and genuine connection with others. Someone who constantly seeks validation and admiration on social media, portraying an idealized version of themselves to gain likes and followers.
Marketing Characters
Someone tendencies might be obsessed with violence, decay, or negativity, and they may struggle to find joy or meaning in life
Necrophilia
Someone might exploit others for personal gain, disregard the feelings or needs of others, and react aggressively when their ego is threatened
Malignant Narcissism
a mother and son might have an incestuous symbiosis if they are overly dependent on each other for emotional support and have difficulty establishing healthy boundaries or pursuing independent lives.
Incestuous Symbiosis
Known as the most fundamental, the strongest, and the most underlying kind of love, brotherly love encompasses the bond between individuals who share a sense of camaraderie, loyalty, and mutual support. It’s the love we feel for our siblings, close friends, or even members of our community. This love is often characterized by companionship, empathy, and a willingness to help one another through life’s challenges.
Brotherly Love
Often portrayed as unconditional and nurturing, motherly love encompasses selflessness, protection, and support. It’s the kind of love typically associated with a mother’s bond with her child.
Motherly Love
This love involves romantic and passionate feelings between partners. It encompasses physical attraction, intimacy, and emotional connection, ideally combined with care, respect, and responsibility.
Erotic Love
This is about recognizing one’s own worth, taking care of oneself, and prioritizing personal well-being. It involves self-acceptance, self-compassion, and setting boundaries to maintain a healthy relationship with oneself.
Self-Love
This refers to the spiritual or religious love for a divine being or higher power. It involves devotion, reverence, and a deep sense of connection to something greater than oneself. For many individuals, this love provides meaning, guidance, and comfort in life.
Love of God
This need pertains to our desire for connection and relationships with others. Humans seek to overcome feelings of isolation through love, friendship, and social bonds. It’s about forming meaningful connections where we can share ourselves and understand others, fostering a sense of belonging.
Relatedness
This is the need to rise above our basic animal nature and create something meaningful or influence the world around us. This can be achieved through creativity, acts of kindness, and meaningful work. It’s our way of making an impact and feeling that our lives have purpose beyond mere survival.
Transcendence
This is the need to feel grounded and secure, to have a stable place where we belong. It’s about having a sense of home and being connected to our roots, whether that’s through our family, culture, or community.
Rootedness
This need is about having a clear sense of who we are as individuals. Fromm believed that it’s important for people to develop their own unique identity, to understand and accept themselves, and to feel confident in who they are. Establishing a strong identity helps us navigate life with confidence and direction, giving us a sense of consistency and coherence.
Sense of Identity
This refers to the need for a stable way of understanding the world and our place in it. It’s about having a set of beliefs or a worldview that helps us make sense of life and guides our actions. This can come from religion, philosophy, or a personal set of values.
Frame of Orientation
Providing a reward or something pleasant after a behavior to increase the likelihood of that behavior being repeated. For example, rewarding a child candy after he cleans his bedroom to encourage him to always clean it.
Positive Reinforcement
Removing a punishment or something unpleasant after a behavior to increase the likelihood of that behavior being repeated. For example, removing a child’s household chores after he scored well on an exam to encourage him to score well again on his next ones.
Negative Reinforcement
Providing a punishment or something unpleasant after a behavior to decrease the likelihood of that behavior being repeated. For example, giving extra household chores to a child after he got into a fight with his classmate to discourage him from doing it again.
Positive Punishment
Removing a reward or something pleasant after a behavior to decrease the likelihood of that behavior being repeated. For example, removing a child’s screen time privilege after he got into a fight with his classmate to discourage him from doing it again.
Negative Punishment
This is when reinforcements are given after every single desired behavior. For example, giving a child rewards every time he scores well on an exam.
Continuous Reinforcement (CRF)