Psycho-dynamic theory (freud) Flashcards by Haruyo N

Freud thought that the mind was composed of 6.

Thoughts (ideas)
feelings
instincts
drives
conflicts
motives

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The repressed area was a barrier under which disturbing material had been placed by the defense mechanism of ?

repression

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Repression is a process in which unacceptable 3 are excluded from consciousness by sending the material into the ? under the repressed barrier.

unacceptable desires, memories, and thoughts

unconscious

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When material has been repressed, it acts as an unconsious irritant, producing unwanted 2?

unwanted emotions

bizarre behavior

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The “id” is the ? psychic force hidden in the?

primitive psychic force

hidden in the unconscious

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id represents the ?(2) on which other personality factors are built.

basic needs and drives

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The id involces all of the basic instincts such as ?4

hunger
thirst
sex
self-preservation

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The id is governed by the ?

pleasure principle

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The instincts within the id seek to be expressed regardless of

the consequences.

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Freud believed that the basic drives(id) provide the main energy source for

personality development

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The “ego” controles a person’s thinking and acts as the ? of personality.

coordinator

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The ego evaluates ? and determines courses of action in a rational manner.

consequences

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The id indicates to a person what is ?; the ego helps the person figure out how to ?.

id: what is needed/wanted
ego: figure out how to get it

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Superego (conscience)

develops normally between the ages of

3 & 5

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superego consists of the ? that are interpreted to a child by the parents.

traditional values and mores of society

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The superego’s main function is to determine whether something is ?

right or wrong

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When an instinctual demand strives for expression that the superego disapproves of, the superego sends a signal of ? as a warning to the ? to prevent the expression of the instinct.

anxiety

warning to the ego

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The emotion of ? is said to originate from the superego.

guilt

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Psychosexual development

The term Freud used for the energy of the id’s biological instincts was?

libido

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people in their development of personality progressed through 5 consecutive phases.

oral
anal
phallic
latency
genital

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During any one of the earlier phases, conflicts or disturbances were not resolved, the person is “?” at that particular level of development.

fixated

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In order to develop optimal mental health, an individual have to resolve the crises, or, use one of several ? mechanism.

Defense mechanism

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A defense mechanism involves any “?” attempt to adjust to painful conditions.

unconscious

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The painful conditions 3 examples.

anxiety, frustration, guilt

Psycho-dynamic theory | oral stage is the ages from ? to ?.

Birth to 18 months

Psycho-dynamic theory | During oral stage, activities centered around ? and associated organs (3?), focus on receiving and taking.

Eating | mouth, lips, tongue

Psycho-dynamic theory | Fixation in oral stage might lead to ? ?

schizophrenia or psychotic depression.

Psycho-dynamic theory | Anal stage is between the ages of ? & ?

18months and 3 years

Psycho-dynamic theory | Anal stage : Activities are mainly focused on ?2

giving and withholding

Psycho-dynamic theory | Anal stage: the activities primarily connected with retaining and passing ?

feces

Psycho-dynamic theory | Anal stage: ? training is an important area of conflict.

bowel

Psycho-dynamic theory Fixated at anal stage have such character traits as 3 or reaction formation with opposite traits/fixations:2

traits of messiness, stubbornness, rebelliousness meticulously clean excessively punctual

Psycho-dynamic theory | Phallic stage age

3 to 5

Psycho-dynamic theory | prominent activities of Phallic stage are?

pleasurable sensations from genital stimulation

Psycho-dynamic theory | During Phallic stage child wants to ?v

love and be loved | to be admired

Psycho-dynamic theory | Character traits of Fixation at Phallic stage ?3

pride promiscuity self-hatred

Psycho-dynamic theory | What complexes and anxiety are experienced in Phallic stage?

Oedipus and Electra Complexes Castrations anxiety

Psycho-dynamic theory | Successful resolution of the Oedipus complex occurs through

defense mechanisms

Psycho-dynamic theory | Latency stage age

6 to puberty

Psycho-dynamic theory | During latency stage, the sexual instinct is unaroused and the children can be ? and involved in ? process.

children can be SOCIALIZED involved in EDUCATIONAL process

Psycho-dynamic theory | Genital stage age

puberty to death

Psycho-dynamic theory | The person in genital stage is fully able to ? and ?.

to love and to work

Freud theorized that personality development was largely completed by the end of?

puberty

Defense mechanisms: | struggling to make up for feelings of inferiority or areas of weakness.

Compensation

Psycho-dynamic theory Mechanism through which unacceptable desires, feelings, memories, and thoughts are excluded from consciousness by being sent down deep into the unconscious.

Repression

Psycho-dynamic theory | Mechanism whereby consciously unacceptable instinctual demands are channeled into acceptable forms or gratification.

Sublimation

Psycho-dynamic theory | Mechanism through which a person escapes psychic pain associated with reality by unconsciously rejecting reality

Denial

Psycho-dynamic theory Mechanism through which a person takes on the attitudes, behavior, or personal attributes of another person whom he or she had idealized (parent, relative, popular hero)

Identification

Psycho-dynamic theory | Blocking out "threatening impulses or feelings" by acting out an opposite behavior.

Reaction formation

Psycho-dynamic theory | Mechanism that involves a person falling back to an earlier phase of development in which he/she felt secure.

Regression

Psycho-dynamic theory | Mechanism through which a person unconsciously attributes his/her own unacceptable ideas/impulses to another.

Projection

Psycho-dynamic theory Mechanism by which a person, faced with frustration or criticism of his/her actions, finds justification for them by disguising from him/herself (and others) his/her true motivations.

Rationalization

Psycho-dynamic theory | In a therapy session or in life people tend to apply feelings toward a significant person to another.

Transference

Psycho-dynamic theory | Freud thought that anxiety would arise when a ? instinct sought expression was blocked by the ego.

Sexual instinct

Psycho-dynamic theory In a therapy session or in other relationships, the therapist may apply feelings about a significant person or event to the client as a reaction to the client’s behavior

Counter-transference

In Freud's theory, "?" processes were thought to be the causes for all types of mental disorders.

Unconscious processes

Psycho-dynamic theory | Unconscious processes were almost always connected with "?" experiences, particularly those in "?"

Traumatic experiences childhood