Sigmund Freud Flashcards
Sigmund Freud was Born in
Freiberg, Moravia (Czechoslovakia)
This is where Sigmund Freud lived 80 years of his life
Vienna
This is where Sigmund Freud died after a year he and his family migrated
England
Age where he was accepted in medical school
17
a successful medical practitioner, who was then developing a new method of treating hysteria
Joseph Breuer
a disorder which symptom is being paralyzed and loss of sensation and disturbance in speech and sight
Hysteria
A temporary or permanent disappearance of symptoms after expressing their feelings and emotions
catharsis
A situation where a patient responds to the therapy thinking as if he or she was important person in the doctor’s life
Transference
When an analyst developed an emotional attachment to the patient
Counter Transference
where did Sigmund Freud first use hypnosis?
France
He used Hypnosis for treating what?
hysteria
why did Sigmund Freud abandoned the use of hypnosis in treating hysteria?
not all patients can be hypnotized
other term of Technique of free Association
Fundamental rule of Psychoanalysis
Why did Sigmund Freud use self-analysis
he believed that before he analyze others, he must analyze himself first
most successful book Sigmund Freud wrote
Interpretation of Dreams
Structure of Personality (3 interesting features)
ID, EGO and SUPER EGO
3 Functions of Super Ego
conscience, observation and formation of ideas
two subdivisions of super ego
conscience and ego ideal
are the internalized experiences for which a child is punished.
the concsience
are the internalized experiences for which a child has been rewarded
Ego ideal
refers to a relationship or a connection between a need and an object that will satisfy the need.
cathexis
is the inhibition of an impulse by either the ego or the super ego.
anti cathexis
feeling of fear
Anxiety
For freud , the most extreme form of anxiety human beings experience is
Birth Trauma
It signifies a change from an environment of complete security and satisfaction to one in which the satisfaction of their needs is less predictable.
Anxiety
kinds of anxiety
- Reality Anxiety
- Neurotic Anxiety
- Moral Anxiety
caused by real, objective sources of danger in the environment.
Reality Anxiety
Fear that impulses of the id will overwhelm the ego and cause the person to do something for which the person will be punished.
Neurotic Anxiety
fear that a person will do something contrary to the superego and thus experience guilt.
Moral Anxiety
TWO GENERAL WAYS TO DECREASE ANXIETY
to deal with the situation directly
to distort or deny the situation itself
The person who feels inferior usually experiences unworthy sentiments about himself.
Defense Mechanism
The person is actively engaged in trying to do something about his feelings
defense mechanism
general characteristics that a person experiencing feelings of inferiority and using defense mechanisms may demonstrate:
- strong feelings of inadequacy
- oversensitivity to criticism
- ideas of self-deception
- seclusiveness or unsociability
- overresponse to flattery
- poor loser responses in competitive activities
- hypercritical attitude toward others
an exaggerated attempt to make up for real or imagined inferiorities. An attempt to disguise or cover up felt deficiencies or undesirable traits by emphasizing a desirable behavior.
Overcompensation
