psychoanalytical theories of personality

Question 1

who was FREUD?

Answer 1

influence of early childhood
unconscious motives and conflict
how we cope with sexual urges

Question 2

conscious level

Answer 2

what we are currently aware of

Question 3

preconscious level

Answer 3

not currently aware but can be if we focus on them

Question 4

unconscious level

Answer 4

sexual and aggressive drives
can be conscious if focus on them
strong influence of behaviour

Question 5

model of personality structure

Answer 5

ego - reality principle
superego - morals
ID - immediate gratification, bad

Question 6

freudian slips

Answer 6

may express hidden wishes

Question 7

dreams and interpretation of them

Answer 7

thoughts and intentions
manifest content - remember
latent content - hidden meaning
nightmare = repressed wish breaking through

Question 8

psychic energy

Answer 8

human motivation
limited amount
used for psych functioning

Question 9

cathexis

Answer 9

investment of psychic energy
not permanent can we directed to different activities
pleasure/tension

Question 10

anxiety

Answer 10

due to ego worrying about id doing bad
superego become out of control and guilty

Question 11

defence mechanisms

Answer 11

unconscious reactions to protect from unpleasant emotions

Question 12

repression as a defence mechanism

Answer 12

forget thing that cause anxiety

Question 13

regression as a defence mechanism

Answer 13

revert to immature patterns of behaviour

Question 14

denial as a defence mechanism

Answer 14

refuse to accept nature of situation

Question 15

displacement as a defence mechanism

Answer 15

transfer ideas from original source to less threatening object

Question 16

sublimation as a defence mechanism

Answer 16

channeling impulses into behaviour that benefits society

Question 17

reaction formation as a defence mechanism

Answer 17

behave exact opposite of true feelings

Question 18

rationalisation as a defence mechanism

Answer 18

false excuses to justify behaviour

Question 19

projection as a defence mechanism

Answer 19

attribute guilt onto others

Question 20

fixation as a defence mechanism

Answer 20

stick in an immature stage

Question 21

identification as a defence mechanism

Answer 21

identify with powerful people to boost low self esteem

Question 22

ORAL stage of psychosexual development

Answer 22

pleasure = oral
conflict = weaning
frustrated - smoking, drinking, sarcastic, pessimistic
overindulged - clingy, attention seeker, relationship dependant

Question 23

ANAL stage of psychosexual development

Answer 23

pleasure = contract/ relax of muscle to control bowel
conflict = toilet training
retentive = waiting to go toilet - perfectionist, OCD
explusive = letting go - careless, messy

Question 24

PHALLIC stage of psychosexual development

Answer 24

pleasure = masturbation
oedipus - boys attracted to mum, hate dad
electra complex - attachment to dad, penis envy and blame mum
not resolved = reckless, vain, fear of intimacy

Question 25

LATENCY stage of psychosexual development

Answer 25

dormant libido
schooling and same sex friends

Question 26

GENITAL stage of psychosexual development

Answer 26

focus on sex
mature