psychosocial theories for working with various clients Flashcards
consistent behavior patterns and intrapersonal processes within the individual; affect ABCs
came from a latin word ‘persona’ which means ‘mask’ or public self
personality
considered to be something that is part of a individual’s personality
long term characteristic of an individual that shows through their behavior, actions, or feelings
trait
temporary condition that they are experiencing for a short period of time
state
components of a personality theory
personality structure, motivation, personality development, psychological health, psychopathology, personality change
the “what” of personality theory
personality structure
the “why” of personality theory
motivation
the “how and when” of personality theory
personality development
the “who is healthy/normal” of personality theory
psychological health
the “who is not healthy/normal” of personality theory
psychopathology
“how can someone not healthy be healthy?” of personality theory
personality change
all human behavior is caused and can be explained
deterministic theory
freud believe that adult personality problems were the result of early experiences in life
has five stages; each stage we experience pleasure in one part of the body than in others
psychosexual development
psychosexual stages
oral, anal, phallic, latent, genital
basic impulses; seek immediate gratification; irrational and impulsive;
operates unconscious level
id
ideals and morals; striving to perfection; incorporated from parents; becoming a person’s conscience
operates mainly in preconscious level
superego
executive mediating between id impulses and superego inhibitions; testing reality; rational
operates mainly at conscious level but also in preconscious
ego
pleasure seeking person dominated by
id
a guilt ridden or inferior feeling person dominated by
superego
all pleasurable activity is traceable to this drive;
libido or sex drive
two types of drive
-libido or sex drive
-thanatos or aggression/destructive drive
psychological healthy person dominated by
ego
forms of sex drive
narcissism (primary and secondary), love, sadism, masochism
aggression is flexible and can take a number of forms, such as teasing, gossip, humiliation, humor, and the enjoyment of other ppl’s suffering
thanatos or aggression/destructive drive
types of anxiety
neurotic anxiety, moral anxiety, realistic anxiety
fear that id will overpower ego
neurotic anxiety
fear of actions or thoughts contrary to superego; may result from the failure to behave consistently with what they regard as morally right
moral anxiety
defined as unpleasant, nonspecific feeling, involving possible danger
realistic anxiety
these are automatic psychological processes that protect the individual against anxiety and from the awareness of internal and external dangers or stressors; individuals are unaware of these processes as they operate
defense mechanisms
levels of defense mechanisms
high adaptive level, mental inhibition level, minor image-distorting level, disavowal level, major image-distorting level, action level, defensive dysregulation
high adaptive level
anticipation, affiliation, altruism, humor, self-assertion, self-observation, sublimation, suppression
mental inhibition level
displacement dissociation, intellectualization, isolation of affect, reaction formation, repression, undoing
minor image-distorting level
devaluation, idealization omnipotence
disavowal level
denial, projection, rationalization
action level
acting out, apathetic, withdrawal, help-rejecting complaining, passive aggression
defensive dysregulation
delusional projection, psychotic denial, psychotic delusion