psychoanalytic perspective

Question 1

iceburg analogy

Answer 1

the mind is like an iceburg, with the largest and most important part (unconscious) hidden from the awareness

Question 2

psychosexual stages of development

Answer 2

(1) oral 0-1: pleasure center is mouth
(2) anal 1-3: pleasure focus is bowels/ bladder
(3) phallic 3-5: genitals, oedipus complex and electra complex
(4) latency 5-12: dormant sexual feelings
(5) genital 12+: sexual feelings towards others

Question 3

defence mechanisms

Answer 3

used by the ego to protect itself against anxiety caused by the conflict between the id and the superego

Question 4

repression

Answer 4

we avoid painful thoughts by forcing them to the back of our mind, underlies all other defence mechanisms

Question 5

regression

Answer 5

we retreat to behaving or thinking like a child in order to
avoid adult issues

Question 6

reaction formation

Answer 6

make unacceptable impulses into their opposite, acceptable forms

Question 7

projection

Answer 7

disguise threatening impulses
by attributing them to others

Question 8

rationalization

Answer 8

we try to create logical explanations of our behavior in order to justify it

Question 9

displacement

Answer 9

divert sexual or aggressive impulses to a more acceptable person or object

Question 10

sublimation

Answer 10

we expand energy on pro social activities in order to avoid undesirable activities

Question 11

inferiority complex

Answer 11

during growth a child struggles and strives for superiority and power

Question 12

Karen Horney

Answer 12

childhood anxiety caused by a sense of helplessness
balanced out male- dominance in Freuds theory’s

Question 13

collective unconscious

Answer 13

contained common reservoir of images derived from our species pas

Question 14

archtypes

Answer 14

universal, symbolic images that appear in myths art stories and dreams

Question 15

Rorschach ink blot test

Answer 15

identify peoples inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots