personality, Freud Flashcards
personality
not intelligece or looks
what we acquire during development; different from Temperament or Attitude
without a pathology it stays the same from 18 on.
we describe personality using traits
BIG 5
OCEAN
the traits that cant be distill any more
close mindness/ Intellect;Openness irresponsible/ Conscientiousness emotional lability/ Emotional Stability disagreeableness/ Agreeableness Extraversion/ Intraversion
Tabula rasa
Lock
came into the world as a blank slate
theory of the mind
Lock
You learn everything
can turn any child into anything as long as you start teaching from an early age
Noble savage
Rosseau
people came into the world untamed, when the world interacts…
we can be trained
existentialism:
Kierkegaard
individual as sole responsibility for their acts.
responsible for the good and bad
not we are sinner or god did it
4 liquids: Galen
modern day equivalent
blood- sanguine/ warm, kind
phlegms- slow, lethargic
black bile- melancholic, sad
yellow bile- high activity,
neurotransmitters
Freud energies
personality theory
1) eros- sexual tension between people/main propose keep the human race alive
2) libido-energy that keep you alive
3) thanatos- when we are born we get little thanatos.
latent content
mostly unconscious
what the dream really means;
will never know about it,
hidden content in the manifest
manifest content
what you perceive in the dream;
story you tell
dreams
are in manifest content,
unconscious material for the most part
id/ it
most basic animalistic part of the mind,
doesn’t do good with anxiety
DEVIL
ego/ I
defends the id from anxiety using defensive mechanism;
Executive functions: negotiates between Id and superego
super ego
internalization of all the info you have learn from society, religion of what you SHOULD do or not.
ANGEL
conscious
(1/3 ego, 5% superego)
contact with the outside world
preconscious
(1/3 ego, 5%superego)
material just beneath the surface of awareness
at one point is conscious at another is not
unconscious
(100% of id, 90%super ego, 1/3 ego)
only with therapy you find out what is happening their and uncover it.
Oral stage
(0-18 months)
libido in the mouth;
if not develop correctly:
stays dependent on the mother or others
oral dependency- alcohol, smoking, food obesityAnal stage
(1-3 years)
libido in the anus
discover some power
holding it in (become anal, extremely neat)
been messy (becoming sadistic, masochist)
Phallic stage:
boy and girl
(3-5 years)
Edipo Rey/ Electra
castration anxiety
Latency phase
(5- puberty)
can still mold it but is very difficult;
hot metal cooling, still isn’t solid
frontal lobes start to develop
Genital phase
and if unsuccessful
(puberty- early 20s)
mature object relations: relationship that care for each other but still can maintain their individuality
id diffusion: individual don’t know who they are, what their values are
