Psychodynamic Theories C2: S. Freud Flashcards
Levels of the min
Unconscious
Preconscious
Conscious
How can the unconscious be proven
Indirectly via dreams, parapraxes, jokes
Provinces of the mind
Id
Ego
Superego
What principles are the id, ego, and superego
pleasure, reality, moralistic
Where psychic energy comes from
Id
Id’s energy comes from
Basic drives
Only province in contact with external world
Ego
Has no own energy source and is not in contact with external world
Superego
Superego’s two subsystems
Conscience and Ego-ideal
Superego subsystem resulting from punishment
Conscience
Superego subsystem resulting from reward
Ego-ideal
Inherited unconscious images
Phylogenetic endowment
People’s main motivation
Seek pleasure, reduce tension and anxiety
Internal stimulus that can’t be avoided through flight
Drive
Constant motivational force
Drive
Drive’s two major headings
Sex/Eros
Aggression/Thanatos
Where eros and thanatos originate, and what controls it
The id, the ego
Eros’ form of psychic energy
libido
Infants known to have their libido invested to their own ego
Primary narcissism
Adolscents during puberty focusing on personal appearance and self-interests
Secondary narcissism
Freud’s book that elevated aggression to sex drive’s level
Beyond the Pleasure Principle
A felt, AFFECTIVE unpleasant state with PHYSICAL SENSATIONS warning a person against impending danger
Anxiety
Province of the mind that can produce anxiety
Ego
The ego’s dependence on the id causes what anxiety
Neurotic anxiety
Ego’s dependence on the superego causes
Moral anxiety
Ego’s dependence on the outer world
Realistic anxiety
Category of anxiety closely related to fear
Realistic anxiety
Helps the ego to directly avoid sexual and aggressive implosives, defending itself from anxiety caused by it
Defense Mechanism
Age of Infantile period
4-5 years
Latency period occurs around
6-7 years (not age)
First auto-erotic experience ____ happens during
Thumb-sucking
Oral-aggressive phase of Infantile Period
What does thumb-sucking do
Satisfies sexual needs, but not nutritional needs
