Psychodynamic Theories

Question 1

What are psycho-dynamic theories

Answer 1

see behavior as a product of psychological forced within the individual, often outside the conscious awareness

Question 2

what are five propositions to psycho-dynamic theories

Answer 2

most mental life is unconscious
mental process conflict each other (emotions, motivations, and thoughts)
childhood experiences
mental representation guide our sociability
learning to regulate sexual and aggressive urges

Question 3

What is the unconscious

Answer 3

ideas, thoughts, and feelings of which we are not normally aware of

Question 4

What is Id

Answer 4

collection of unconscious urges and desires that constantly seek oppression

Question 5

What is pleasure principle

Answer 5

seeking immediate pleasure and to avoid pain

Question 6

Where does the Id operate

Answer 6

operate in the unconscious mind

Question 7

What does an Ego mediates

Answer 7

between reality, conscience (super ego), and instinctual needs (Id)
—reality principle

Question 8

What levels does the Ego operate

Answer 8

conscious, preconscious, and unconscious 1

Question 9

What is the Super Ego

Answer 9

the social and parental standards that have been internalized

Question 10

What is the conscious

Answer 10

our sense of morality

Question 11

What is our Ego

Answer 11

ideal the standard of what one would be like to be

Question 12

How does a super ego develop

Answer 12

we are not born with it, but it develops over time

Question 13

What levels do the super ego operate

Answer 13

conscious, preconscious, and unconscious 2

Question 14

What is a defense mechanism

Answer 14

the anxiety produced when the ego can’t satisfy the demands of the id in a way to acceptable to the super ego

Question 15

What behaviors of a defense mechanism may lead to

Answer 15

the anxiety can lead to uneasiness and worry

Question 16

What are the types of defense mechanism

Answer 16

denial
repression
projection
identification
regression
intellectualization
reaction formation
displacement
sublimation

Question 17

What is denial

Answer 17

refusal to acknowledge a painful reality

Question 18

What is repression

Answer 18

unpleasant thoughts are excluded from unconscious

Question 19

What is projection

Answer 19

attributes to one’s own feelings, motives, wishes to others

Question 20

What is identification

Answer 20

taking on the characteristics of other to avoid feeling imcompetent

Question 21

What is regression

Answer 21

reverting to childlike behavior

Question 22

What is intelluctualization

Answer 22

thinking about stressful problems in an abstract way to detach oneself from them

Question 23

What is reaction formation

Answer 23

expression of exaggerated idea and emotions that are opposite of true feelings

Question 24

What is displacement shifts

Answer 24

repressed motives from an original object to a substitute object

Question 25

What is sublimation

Answer 25

redirecting repressed motives and feelings into socially acceptable activities

Question 26

What is the idea behind the culture-bound ideas and the

Evaluation on psychodynamic theories

Answer 26

freud made no connection between women’s subordinate status in society and their sense of inferiority
they are largely untestable scientifically