Psychodynamic Theories C2: S. Freud

Question 1

Levels of the min

Answer 1

Unconscious
Preconscious
Conscious

Question 2

How can the unconscious be proven

Answer 2

Indirectly via dreams, parapraxes, jokes

Question 3

Provinces of the mind

Answer 3

Id
Ego
Superego

Question 4

What principles are the id, ego, and superego

Answer 4

pleasure, reality, moralistic

Question 5

Where psychic energy comes from

Answer 5

Id

Question 6

Id’s energy comes from

Answer 6

Basic drives

Question 7

Only province in contact with external world

Answer 7

Ego

Question 8

Has no own energy source and is not in contact with external world

Answer 8

Superego

Question 9

Superego’s two subsystems

Answer 9

Conscience and Ego-ideal

Question 10

Superego subsystem resulting from punishment

Answer 10

Conscience

Question 11

Superego subsystem resulting from reward

Answer 11

Ego-ideal

Question 12

Inherited unconscious images

Answer 12

Phylogenetic endowment

Question 13

People’s main motivation

Answer 13

Seek pleasure, reduce tension and anxiety

Question 14

Internal stimulus that can’t be avoided through flight

Answer 14

Drive

Question 15

Constant motivational force

Answer 15

Drive

Question 16

Drive’s two major headings

Answer 16

Sex/Eros

Aggression/Thanatos

Question 17

Where eros and thanatos originate, and what controls it

Answer 17

The id, the ego

Question 18

Eros’ form of psychic energy

Answer 18

libido

Question 19

Infants known to have their libido invested to their own ego

Answer 19

Primary narcissism

Question 20

Adolscents during puberty focusing on personal appearance and self-interests

Answer 20

Secondary narcissism

Question 21

Freud’s book that elevated aggression to sex drive’s level

Answer 21

Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Question 22

A felt, AFFECTIVE unpleasant state with PHYSICAL SENSATIONS warning a person against impending danger

Answer 22

Anxiety

Question 23

Province of the mind that can produce anxiety

Answer 23

Ego

Question 24

The ego’s dependence on the id causes what anxiety

Answer 24

Neurotic anxiety

Question 25

Ego's dependence on the superego causes

Answer 25

Moral anxiety

Question 26

Ego's dependence on the outer world

Answer 26

Realistic anxiety

Question 27

Category of anxiety closely related to fear

Answer 27

Realistic anxiety

Question 28

Helps the ego to directly avoid sexual and aggressive implosives, defending itself from anxiety caused by it

Answer 28

Defense Mechanism

Question 29

Age of Infantile period

Answer 29

4-5 years

Question 30

Latency period occurs around

Answer 30

6-7 years (not age)

Question 31

First auto-erotic experience ____ happens during

Answer 31

Thumb-sucking | Oral-aggressive phase of Infantile Period

Question 32

What does thumb-sucking do

Answer 32

Satisfies sexual needs, but not nutritional needs