Personality Development Flashcards
What are freud’s original 7 defense mechanisms?
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Denial
- claiming / believing that what is true is actually false
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Displacement
- redirecting emotions to a substitute target
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Identification
- defining self by identifying with others
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Projection
- attributing uncomfrotable feelings to others
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Reaction formation
- overacting in the opposite way to the fear or conflict
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Repression
- maintaining uncomfortable thoughts which are the product of intrapsychic conflict in the unconscious mind
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Sublimation
- redirecting socially inappropriate libidinal impulses in socially acceptable actions
What are the structureal components of self?
- ID : primarl energy / force
- EGO : self-awareness
- SUPEREGO : conscience
What are the topographical components of the self?
- CONSCIOUS : accessible
- PRECONCIOUS : accessible
- UNCONSCIOUS : inaccessible but through therapy or trauma
Freud’s 7 defense mechanisms are present at what level of consciousness?
unconscious
Describe the traditional psychoterapeutic approach
process of slowly uncovering the layers of intrapsychic conflict
venting the conflict & then harmonizing the components of the individual’s mind
slow, metholodical & requires gentle, thoughtful, light approach
What are the different approaches to psychotherapy?
- traditional (craniosacral)
- confrontational (HVLA)
- free association (indirect)
- combination eclectic therapy (counterstrain)
- modified confrontation (muscle energy)
What term refers to:
a person’s unique and enduring pattern of thinking, feeling & behaving
personality traits
What factors determine how we behave?
How we think & feel
What is the example of the environment & our behavior?
dynamic, interactive exchange
What makes up a personality?
enduring patterns of internal experience & behavior are personality traits
the specific combinations of those traits comprise our personalities
A diagnosis of Personality Disorder cannot be made before what age?
18
What is CBT?
It focuses on what?
It is based on what premise?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
talking about your problems to help you frame your thoughts differently
based on the idea that our thoughts and behaviors influence out feelings -> changing the way we think about & react to situations will help us feel better
What is DBT?
dialectical behavior therapy
more specific form of CBT that focuses on helping people who tend to extreme emotional reactions interact with the environment around them in a less emotional, healthier way
patients are taught to identify triggers outside of themselves & match those triggers with healthy coping mechanisms or response
CBT is best for what conditions?
OCD
phobias
panic disorders
PTSD
sleeping issues
DBT is best for what conditions?
borderline personality disorder