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freud’s system of treatment for mental disorders
psychoanalysis
the psychological qualities that bring continuity to an individual’s behavior in different situations and at different times
personality
freud’s theory of personality
psychoanalytic theory
in Freudian theory, this is the psychic domain of which the individual is not aware but that is the storehouse of repressed impulses, drives, and conflicts unavailable to consciousness
unconscious
the Freudian concept of psychic energy that drives individuals to experience sensual pleasure
libido
the primitive, unconscious portion of the personality that houses the most basic drives and stores repressed memories
Id
the minds storehouse of values, including moral attitudes learned from parents and from society
superego
the conscious, rational part of the personality, charged with keeping peace between the superego and the id
ego
successive, instinctive patterns of associating pleasure with stimulation of specific bodily areas at different times of life
psychosexual stages
according to Freud, a largely unconscious process whereby boys displace an erotic attraction toward their mother to females of their own age and, at the same time, identify with their fathers
Oedipus complex
the mental process by which an individual tries to become like another person, especially the same-sex parent
identification
according to Freud, the female desire to have a penis-a condition that usually results in their attraction to males
penis envy
occurs when psychosexual development is arrested at an immature stage
fixation
largely unconscious mental strategies employed to reduce the experience of conflict or anxiety
ego defense mechanisms
an unconscious process that excluded unacceptable thoughts and feelings from awareness and memory
repression