PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY Flashcards

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Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud

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operated by pleasure principle by seeking immediate gratification of instinctual needs

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Id

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the executive of the personality

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Ego

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judicial branch of the personality

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Superego

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refers to mental activity of which we are unaware and unable to access

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Unconscious

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birth to 18 months

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Oral

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18 months to 3 years old

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Anal

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3 years old to 6 years old

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Phallic

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6 years old to puberty

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Latency

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puberty onwards

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Genital

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oral receptive and oral aggressive

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Oral

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anal retentive and anal repulsive

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Anal

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13
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Oedipus Complex and Electra Complex

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Phallic

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14
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children spend more time and interact mostly with same sex peers

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Latency

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individual is attracted to opposite sex peers

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Genital

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psychological strategies that are unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings

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Defense mechanism

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unconscious defense mechanism employed by the ego to keep disturbing or threatening thoughts from becoming conscious

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Repression

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reversion to an earlier stage of development in the face of unacceptable thoughts or impulses

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Regression

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refusal to accept reality of fact

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Denial

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misattribution of person’s undesired thoughts, feelings, or impulses onto another person who does not have those thoughts, feelings, or impulses

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Projection

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the converting of unwanted or dangerous thoughts, feelings or impulses into their opposites

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Reaction Formation

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redirecting of thoughts feelings and impulses directed at one person or object, but taken out upon another person or object

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Displacement

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putting something into a different light or offering a different explanation for one’s perceptions or behaviors in the face of a changing reality

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Rationalization

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is simply the channeling of unacceptable impulses, thoughts and emotions into more acceptable ones

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Sublimation

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is a process of psychologically counterbalancing perceived weaknesses by emphasizing strength in other arenas. By emphasizing and focusing on one’s strengths, a person is recognizing they cannot be strong at all things and in all areas in their lives

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Compensation

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a mechanism in which a person returns to an earlier stage of development when he or she experiences stress

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Regression