Psychosocial Theories and Therapies Flashcards
Who developed the Psychoanalytic theory?
Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalytic Theory
Believes all human behavior is caused and can be explained
-Repressed sexual impulses, desires as motivation for behavior
What are the three personality components developed by Freud?
Id
Ego
Superego
Id
Innate desires
Pleasure seeking
Aggression
Sexual impulses
Ego
Balancing/mediating force b/t in the Id and Superego
Mature adaptive behavior
Superego
Moral and ethical values
Parental
Ego Defense Mechanisms
methods of attempting to protect the self and cope with basic drives or emotionally painful thoughts, feelings, or events
Compensation
overachievement in one area to offset real or perceived deficiencies in another area
Denial
failure to acknowledge an unbearable condition; failure to admit the reality of a situation
Displacement
ventilation of intense feelings towards persons less threatening than the one who aroused those feelings
Identification
modeling actions and opinions of influential others while searching for identity or aspiring to reach a personal, social, or occupational goal
Intellectualization
Separation of the emotions of a painful event or situation from the facts involved; acknowledging the facts and not the emotions
Projection
unconscious blaming of unacceptable inclinations or thoughts on an external object
Rationalization
Excusing own behavior to avoid guilt, responsibility, conflict, anxiety, or loss of self-respect
Regression
moving back to a previous developmental stage to feel safe or have needs met
Repression
Excluding emotionally painful or anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings from conscious awareness
What are the Psychosexual stages of development?
Oral Anal Phallic/oedipal Latency Genital
Transference
when the client displaces into the therapist attitudes and feelings that the client originally experienced in other relationships
Countertransference
Occurs when the therapist displaces onto the client attitudes or feelings from his or her past
Psychoanalysis
focus on discovering causes of patient’s unconscious, repressed thoughts, feelings, conflicts, related to anxiety
-dream analysis
Who came up with the 8 stages of psychosocial development?
Erik Erikson
Trust vs Mistrust (infant)
Hope
viewing the world as safe and reliable
relationships nurturing, stable, and dependable
Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt (toddler)
Will
Achieving a sense of control and free will
Initiative vs Guilt (preschool)
Purpose
Beginning development of conscience
Learning to manage conflict and anxiety
Industry vs Inferiority (school age)
Competence
Emerging confidence in own abilities
Taking pleasure in accomplishments