Psychoanalysis Flashcards
According to psychoanalysis: The part of ourselves that is pure pleasure-seeking and seeks immediate gratification
Id
Id
According to psychoanalysis: The part of ourselves that is pure pleasure-seeking and seeks immediate gratification
According to psychoanalysis: The part of ourselves that must negotiate between our immediate urges and our desire to be an ideal figure
Ego
Ego
According to Psychoanalysis: The part of ourselves that must negotiate between our immediate urges and our desire to be an ideal figure
According to psychoanalysis: the voice of conscience that tells us we should be ideal selves; instructs us on how we ought to behave.
Superego
Superego
According to psychoanalysis: the voice of conscience that tells us we should be ideal selves; instructs us on how we ought to behave.
According to psychoanalysis: this is the part of the mind where we have repressed unwanted/unacceptable thoughts, feelings, wishes, and memories.
The unconscious region of the mind
Oedipus complex
Freud thought that this fear exists in all men: As a child, they desire their mother, but their father is in the way. Because of this, they want to kill father. At some point, they find out that not all humans have penises so they fear their father will castrate them, too, if father finds out about their love for mother.
The unconscious region of the mind
According to psychoanalysis: this is the part of the mind where we have repressed unwanted/unacceptable thoughts, feelings, wishes, and memories.
Freud thought that this fear exists in all men: As a child, they desire their mother, but their father is in the way. Because of this, they want to kill father. At some point, they find out that not all humans have penises so they fear their father will castrate them, too, if father finds out about their love for mother.
Oedipus complex
