Psycho-dynamic theory (freud) Flashcards
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
The “id” is the ? psychic force hidden in the?
primitive psychic force
hidden in the unconscious
id represents the ?(2) on which other personality factors are built.
basic needs and drives
The id involces all of the basic instincts such as ?4
hunger
thirst
sex
self-preservation
The id is governed by the ?
pleasure principle
The instincts within the id seek to be expressed regardless of
the consequences.
Freud believed that the basic drives(id) provide the main energy source for
personality development
The “ego” controles a person’s thinking and acts as the ? of personality.
coordinator
The ego evaluates ? and determines courses of action in a rational manner.
consequences
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
Superego (conscience)
develops normally between the ages of
3 & 5
superego consists of the ? that are interpreted to a child by the parents.
traditional values and mores of society
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
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
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oral stage is the ages from ? to ?.
Birth to 18 months
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During oral stage, activities centered around ? and associated organs (3?), focus on receiving and taking.
Eating
mouth, lips, tongue
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Fixation in oral stage might lead to ? ?
schizophrenia or psychotic depression.
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Anal stage is between the ages of ? & ?
18months and 3 years
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Anal stage : Activities are mainly focused on ?2
giving and withholding
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Anal stage: the activities primarily connected with retaining and passing ?
feces
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Anal stage: ? training is an important area of conflict.
bowel
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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
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Phallic stage age
3 to 5
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prominent activities of Phallic stage are?
pleasurable sensations from genital stimulation
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During Phallic stage child wants to ?v
love and be loved
to be admired
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Character traits of Fixation at Phallic stage ?3
pride
promiscuity
self-hatred
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What complexes and anxiety are experienced in Phallic stage?
Oedipus and Electra Complexes
Castrations anxiety
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Successful resolution of the Oedipus complex occurs through
defense mechanisms
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Latency stage age
6 to puberty
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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
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Genital stage age
puberty to death
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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
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Mechanism through which unacceptable desires, feelings, memories, and thoughts are excluded from consciousness by being sent down deep into the unconscious.
Repression
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Mechanism whereby consciously unacceptable instinctual demands are channeled into acceptable forms or gratification.
Sublimation
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Mechanism through which a person escapes psychic pain associated with reality by unconsciously rejecting reality
Denial
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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
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Blocking out “threatening impulses or feelings” by acting out an opposite behavior.
Reaction formation
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Mechanism that involves a person falling back to an earlier phase of development in which he/she felt secure.
Regression
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Mechanism through which a person unconsciously attributes his/her own unacceptable ideas/impulses to another.
Projection
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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
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In a therapy session or in life people tend to apply feelings toward a significant person to another.
Transference
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Freud thought that anxiety would arise when a ? instinct sought expression was blocked by the ego.
Sexual instinct
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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
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Unconscious processes were almost always connected with “?” experiences, particularly those in “?”
Traumatic experiences
childhood
