Psychodynamic Flashcards
defence mechanism
prevents traumatic memories from becoming conscious mind
it is a way in ego manages conflict between the ID and superego
they include repression, denial and displacement
3 parts of personality
ID, ego, superego
ID
impulsive, demanding gratification of its need
present from birth
ego
mediates between ID and superego
(1-3)
superego
punishing the ego with guilt
(3-5 years)
conscious
what we are directly aware of
pre-conscious
memories and thoughts we are not directly aware of but can be accessed by some effort
unconscious
everything else
repression
hiding an unpleasant thought from the conscious mind
denial
refusal to accept reality so as to avoid having to deal with any painful feeling associated with that event
displacement
redirecting emotions from the actual target to a substitute
psychosexual stages
sexual energy is the main drive, but it is expressed differently at each stage of development.
Oral, anal, phalic, latent and genital
oedipus complex
a desire to possess their mother and get rid of their father, causing castration anxiety
oral
(0-1)
pleasue focus is mouth, such as feeding
anal
(1-3)
pleasure focus is anus
pleasure in withholdine and expelling feaces
