Psychodynamic & humanistic theories

Question 1

what are the 3 components of Freud’s model of personality?

Answer 1

superego, ego, id

Question 2

what are “defense mechanisms”?

Answer 2

a maladaptive response that occur when there is no realistic way to satisfy both the Id and the superego’s demands

Question 3

what is Anxiety-arousing memories or impulses are pushed into the unconscious mind (a type of defense mechanism)?

Answer 3

repression

Question 4

what is Refusing to acknowledge anxiety-inducing aspects of the environment or threatening feelings that are happening right now (a type of defense mechanism)?

Answer 4

denial

Question 5

what is an unacceptable impulse is repressed and then attributed to other people (a type of defense mechanism)?

Answer 5

projection

Question 6

what is An unacceptable or dangerous impulse is repressed, then redirected at a safer substitute target (a type of defense mechanism)?

Answer 6

displacement

Question 7

what is The emotion connected with an upsetting event is repressed, and the situation is dealt with as an intellectually interesting event (a type of defense mechanism)?

Answer 7

intellectualization

Question 8

what is a person constructs a false, but plausible explanation or excuse for an anxiety-arousing behaviour or event that has occurred (a type of defense mechanism)?

Answer 8

rationalization

Question 9

what is An anxiety-arousing impulse is repressed, and it’s psychic energy finds release in an exaggerated expression of the opposite behaviour (a type of defense mechanism)?

Answer 9

reaction formation

Question 10

what is A repressed impulse is released in the form of a socially acceptable or even admired behaviour (also known as the only healthy defense mechanism)?

Answer 10

sublimation

Question 11

what is the Erogenous zone of the oral stage?

Answer 11

the mouth

Question 12

what is the Erogenous zone of the phallic stage?

Answer 12

genitals

Question 13

what is the Erogenous zone of the anal stage?

Answer 13

anus

Question 14

what is the key task of the phallic stage?

Answer 14

resolving Oedipus complex

Question 15

what is know as the Unconscious desire of the child to sexually possess the parent of the opposite sex (Freud’s controversial theory)?

Answer 15

the Oedipus complex

Question 16

what does “successful resolution” of the Oedipus complex stage involve?

Answer 16

identification

Question 17

what is an example of how the anal stage can affect someone later in life?

Answer 17

Exhibiting a tendency toward excessive neatness and obstinacy in how things are done

Question 18

what is an example of how the oral stage can affect someone later in life?

Answer 18

oral stimulation–smoking cigars, sucking thumb

Question 19

what are subjective norms, and what is an example?

Answer 19

the perception of what you think other people expect you to do (i.e. recycling when someone is watching)

Question 20

what kind of character did Carl Jung believe existed?

Answer 20

an archetype

Question 21

who proposed the idea of “womb-envy”?

Answer 21

Karen Horney

Question 22

what is an example of a Psycho-dynamic personality test?

Answer 22

Rorschach inkblot Test, Thematic Apperception Test

Question 23

what is Freud’s original theory known as?

Answer 23

psychoanalysis

Question 24

what is congruence?

Answer 24

Consistency between self-perceptions and experience

Question 25

what is unconditional positive regard?

Answer 25

To self-actualize, people need to be loved and accepted by other people in an uncritical, non-contingent manner

Question 26

what are conditions of worth?

Answer 26

Believing that some aspects of our experience are worthy of love and praise, and others are not worthy. This inhibits self-actualization