Psychoanalytic Perspective (Sexual Tensions Shape Us - Module 55) Flashcards
Psychoanalysis
Freud’s theory attributes our thoughts and action to unconscious motives and conflicts
Unconscious Mind
Reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories (repression)
Free Association
Asks patients to say whatever comes to their minds.
Dream Analysis
Interpretation of manifest and latent content of dreams.
ID-Pleasure Principle
(unconscious) strives to satisfy sexual and aggressive drives
operates on the pleasure principle
demanding immediate gratification
Ego-Reality Principle
(executive) mediates among the demands of the id and superego, operates on the reality principle
satisfying the id’s desires in ways that will bring pleasure rather than pain
Superego-Conscience
(unconscious) standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations
Morality Principle too strong = feels guilty
Psychosexual Stages
Personality formed during the first few years of life divided into psychosexual stages
Oedipus Complex
Boy’s unconscious sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father
Results in feeling guilt and fear of punishment
Identification
Superego gains strength that incorporates their parents’ values
Fixation
Unresolved conflicts cause the person to be locked into certain behaviors
Oral fixation and anal fixation
Defense Mechanisms
Methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality