Psychoanalysis Flashcards
Who is the father of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund freud
Psychoanalysis
the study of the levels of a memory that a person has
3 levels of memory
conscious
subconscious
unconscious
Conscious
what we know and what we are aware of
Subconscious
memories that resurface with hints
Unconscious
memories buried deep that are difficult to remember without professional help
Hysteria
the result of undischarged emotional energy associated with forgotten psychic energy
How is hysteria cured?
By hypnosis to remember and renact the trauma
discharge the emotion
Repression
depression mechanism
making painful memories inaccessible to the conscious mind
Dream interretation
expression of unconscious desires and fears
Slips of speech
verbal errors reflecting unconscious thoughts and desires
Another name for a slip of speech
Freudian slip
3 parts of psyche
ID
Ego
Superego
ID
impulsive needs that must be immediately satisfied
dominated by the Pleasure principle
animal instinct
Ego
conscious self
awareness of reality and consequences of a person’s actions
controls the ID
Superego
internalization of moral standards
in normal personalities automatically modifies anti-social behavior because the behavior is just the “wrong thing to do”
Example of ID in the black cat
the narrator stabs the cat in the eye
Example of Ego from the black cat
hung the cat
tapping on the wall
hiding his wife’s body
Example of superego from the black cat
first time he did not kill the cat
did not abuse the second cat
wife stopped the killing of the cat
