Sigmund Freud

Question 1

Contains all those drives, urges, or instincts that are beyond our awareness yet can still motivate most of our words, feelings, and actions.

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Unconscious

Question 2

a particularly rich source of unconscious material.

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Dreams

Question 3

Contains all those elements that are not conscious but can become conscious either quite readily or with some difficulty.

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Preconscious

(2 sources of preconscious: conscious
perception and the unconscious)

Question 4

All those mental elements in awareness at any given point in time; Plays a relatively minor role in the psychoanalytic theory.

Answer 4

Conscious

Question 5

The core of personality; Has no contact with reality; Serves the pleasure principle; Amoral, not immoral.

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Id

Question 6

The only region of the mind in contact with reality; Serves the reality principle.

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Ego

Question 7

Represents the moral and ideal aspects of personality; Guided by the moralistic and idealistic principle.

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Superego

Question 8

tells us what we should not do; rooted from experiences with punishments for improper behavior.

Answer 8

Conscience

Question 9

tells us what we should do; rooted from experiences with rewards for proper behavior.

Answer 9

Ego-ideal

Question 9

it is the result when the ego acts or intends to act contrary to the superego; it is therefore a function of conscience.

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Guilt

Question 10

arises when the ego is unable to meet the superego’s standards of perfection; it is therefore a function of the ego-ideal.

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Feelings of inferiority

Question 11

From the German word Trieb or a drive or a stimulus within the person. it cannot be avoided through flight because it is internal.

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Drives

Question 12

sex/life impulses.

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Eros

Question 13

aggression/distraction/death impulses.

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Thanatos

Question 14

sex drive or sexual psychic energy.

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Libido

Question 15

the amount of force the drive exerts (e.g., intensity of hunger).

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Impetus

Question 16

the region of the body where the drive originates; the body part in a state of excitation or tension (e.g., stomach).

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Source

Question 17

to seek pleasure by removing the excitation or tension (e.g., to eat).

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Aim

Question 18

the person or thing which can satisfy the aim (e.g., food).

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Object

Question 19

Ultimate aim is the reduction of sexual tension. Freud believed that the entire body is invested with libido.

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Sex

Question 20

the parts of the body that can produce sexual pleasure (such as the genitals, the mouth, and the anus).

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Erogenous zones

Question 21

Involves redirecting unacceptable urges to a variety of people or objects so that the original impulse is disguised or concealed.

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Displacement

Question 22

Occurs when the ego remains at the present, more comfortable psychological stage because the prospect of taking the next step in psychological growth becomes too anxiety provoking.

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Fixation

Question 23

Involves reverting back to an earlier developmental stage due to stress and anxiety felt during a given stage of development.

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Regression

Question 24

Involves attributing the unwanted impulse to an external object, usually another person.

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Projection

Question 25

It is when people incorporate positive qualities of another person into their own ego. People integrate characteristics that they see as valuable and that will permit them to feel better about themselves.

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Introjection

Question 26

The only defense mechanism that helps both the individual and the society. aims can be expressed in obviously creative accomplishments such as art, music, and literature.

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Sublimation

Question 27

THE PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

(in order, with age and erogenous zone)

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Oral (birth-2 yrs), mouth
Anal (2-3 yrs), anus
Phallic (4-6 yrs), genitals
Latency (7-Puberty), dormant
Genital (Puberty onwards), genitals

Question 28

apprehension about an unknown danger; results from the interaction of the ego with the id;

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Neurotic anxiety

Question 29

stems from the conflict between the ego and the superego;

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Moral anxiety

Question 30

anxiety- closely related to fear; an unpleasant, nonspecific feeling involving a possible danger; differ from fear in that it does not involve a specific fearful object.

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Realistic anxiety