Personality Theories Freud (Filipino Personality and Social Work) Flashcards
Human Behavior and Social Environment Component
According to Freud, it is the basis of personality, the innermost core of personality, and is closely related to biological processes
Id
According to Freud, it is the direct outgrowth of Id, governed by considerations of safety; preservation of the organism.
Ego
It is the conscience, the judge of right and wrong, in accord with the standards of parents
Superego
3 Divisions of the Mind
id, ego, superego
What are the different stages of personality development according to Freud?
Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, and genital stage
According to Freud, the mind is ___% unconscious and ___% conscious.
90% unconscious and 10% conscious
According to Freud, this is the core characteristics of personality; It is inherent and unchanging aspect of human beings.
Instinct
This is the PLEASURE PRINCIPLE division of mind as characterized by Freud.
Id
This is the REALITY PRINCIPLE division of mind as characterized by Freud.
Ego
This is the CONSCIENCE division of mind as characterized by Freud.
Superego
This term is referred as the Life Instincts - those which deal with basic survival, pleasure, and reproduction, libido, procreation, social cooperation, and survival.
Eros
This term is referred as the Death Instincts.
Thanatos
A type of therapy that aims to release pent-up or repressed emotions and memories to lead the client to catharsis or healing
Psychoanalysis
A Freudian term that is referred to sexual attraction of sons to their mothers; boys develop both sexual attraction to their mothers and jealousy of their fathers
Oedipus Complex
A type of defense mechanism where there is a refusal to recognize or acknowledge a threatening situation.
Denial
A type of defense mechanism where a person is “pushing” threatening or conflicting events or situations out of conscious memory.
Repression
A type of defense mechanism where a person is making up acceptable excuses for unacceptable behavior
Rationalization
A type of defense mechanism where a person is placing one’s own unacceptable thoughts onto others, as if the thoughts belonged to them and not to oneself.
Projection
A type of defense mechanism where a person is forming an emotional reaction or attitude that is the opposite of one’s threatening or unacceptable actual thoughts.
Reaction formation
A type of defense mechanism where a person is expressing feelings that would be threatening if directed at the real target onto a less threatening substitute target
Displacement
A type of defense mechanism where a person is falling back on childlike patterns as a way of
coping with stressful situations.
Regression
A type of defense mechanism where a person is trying to become like someone else to deal with one’s anxiety
Identification
A type of defense mechanism where a person is trying to make up for areas in which
a lack is perceived by becoming superior in some other area.
Compensation (substitution)
A type of defense mechanism where a person is turning socially unacceptable urges into socially acceptable behavior.
Sublimation