Psychodnamics I & II Flashcards
What is the fundamental hypotheses of psychoanalytic theory? What is the topographic model? What is the structural model? What are Freud’s psychosexual stages of development? What is fixation? Regression?
Fundamental hypotheses - Psychic determinism: Every event/symptom has meaning & Consciousness is an exceptional psychic process. Topographic: Conscious, Pre-conscious [Repression Barrier] Unconscious.Structural: Id (pleasure), Ego (conscience: rules, morals, values), Superego (balance, purpose). Psychosexual: Oral (birth - 1.5), Anal (1.5 - 3), Phallic (3 - 5/6), Latency (6 - adolescent), Genital (Adolescent/Adult –>). Fixation: Extra investment of libido in one phase. Regression: Reversion to earlier phase under stress.
What are the level I psychotic mxns? Who are they common in? How does this appear to users? Beholders?
Delusional projection, Psychotic Denial, Distortion. Common in <5, dreams, fantasy. User: alter reality. Beholder: crazy. (Psychotic Delia is Psychic & Disturbed)
“Frank delusions about external reality, usually of persecutory type.”
Delusional Projection
“Denial of external reality.”
Psychotic Denial
“Grossly reshaping external reality to suit innter needs.”
Distortion.
What are level II immature mxns? Who are they common in? How does this appear to users? Beholders?
Projection, Somatization, Acting Out, Splitting. Common in 3-15, PDs. User: Alter distress due to threat of interpersonal intimacy or loss. Beholder: Socially undesirable. (Immature Preston Sometimes Acts Spoiled)
“Attributing one’s own unacknowledged feelings to others.”
Projection – Paranoid PD
“Turning an unacceptable impulse or feeling into a physical symptom.”
Somatization – Hypochondriac, Psychosomatic Disorders
“Avoiding personally unacceptable feelings by behaving in an attention-getting, often socially inappropriate manner.”
Acting out – Antisocial PD
“Seeing people and events as all good or all bad.”
Splitting – Borderline PD
What are level III neurotic mxns? Who are they common in? How does this appear to users? Beholders?
Denial, Displacement, Dissociation, Identification, Intellectualization, Isolation of Affect, Rationalization, Reaction Formation, Regression, Undoing. Common in 3-90, neurotic disorder, acute stress. User: alter private feelings or instinctual expression. Beholder: “quircks/hang-ups” (Triple D, Triple R, Triple R, U)
“Not believing personally intolerable facts about reality.”
Denial – Most common in medical practice
“Transfer of emotions from an unacceptable to acceptable person or object.”
Displacement – Phobias, Conversion, Prejudice
“Separation of function of mental processes to avoid emotional distress.
Dissociation – Acute reaction to trauma. Multiple PD.
“Unconsciously patterning one’s behavior after that of someone who is more powerful.”
Identification
“Using the mind’s higher functions to avoid experiencing uncomfortable emotions.”
Intellectuallization – OCD
“Failing to experience the feelings associated with a stressful life event, although logically understanding the significance of the event.”
Isolation of Affect
“Providing seemingly reasonable explanations for unacceptable or negative events, feelings, actions.”
Rationalization
“Denying unacceptable feelings and adopting opposite attitudes.”
Reaction Formation
“Appearance of child-like patterns of behavior during stress.”
Regression
“Erasing an unacceptable event in the past by adopting acceptable behavior (superstitious) or atonement of confession).”
Undoing
What are level IV mature mxns? Who are they common in? How does this appear to users? Beholders?
Altruism, Sublimation, Anticipation, Suppression, Humor. Common in healthy 12-90. User: Integrate reality, interpersonal relationships, and private feelings. Beholder: Appear as convenient virtues. (Mature Alton is Suave And Super Humble)
“Unselfishly assisting others to avoid negative personal feelings.”
Altruism
“Rerouting an unacceptable drive in a socially acceptable way.”
Sublimation
