Sullivan Flashcards
relate either to the general well being of a person or to a specific zone. It can be physiological or interpersonal.
Needs
the chief disruptive force in interpersonal relationships.
Anxiety
all human beings are an energy system where there are tensions.
Tensions
people acquire certain images of self and others through the developmental stage.
Personifications
complete lack of tension.
Euphoria
includes those impulses, desires, and needs that a person refuses to allow into awareness.
Dissociation
own sexual gratification. Self-centered need that can be satisfied in the absence of an intimate personal relationship.
Lust (Isolating)
a refusal to see those things that we do not wish to see
Selective Inattention
to reduce feelings of insecurity or anxiety that result from endangered self-esteem.
Security Operations
pattern of behaviors that protects us against anxiety and maintains our interpersonal security.
Self System (Conjunctive)
evil and hatred or feeling of living among one’s enemies.
Malevolence (Disjunctive)
close personal relationships between two people of equal status.
Intimacy (Conjunctive)
unrealistic traits or imaginary friends that many children invent in order to protect their self-esteem (imaginary friends).
Eidetic personifications
typical pattern of behavior. It may relate either to specific zones of the body or to tensions.
Dynamism
experiences that can be accurately communicated to others.
Syntaxic
