Test Number 2

Question 1

Unconscious

Answer 1

FREUD

A part of our psych that is hidden and needs to be accessed. Ex: Repressed Thoughts

Question 2

Libido

Answer 2

FREUD
Maximize pleasure Minimize pain
sexual instances

Question 3

Id

Answer 3

FREUD
Pure pleasure; libido tells us to pursue our pleasure
Ex: See an apple in the store, Id automatically tells us to buy it.

Question 4

Ego

Answer 4

FREUD
Unconscious drive; conscious self; hopes that it goes well with Id and Superego
Ex: If I buy that apple today then tomorrow I will not buy anything from the store at all. like a compromise

Question 5

Superego

Answer 5

FREUD
Internalized our drives; voice of society; moral
Ex: I see an apple in the store and I think “I have to pay for that if I want it.”

Question 6

Oral Phase

Answer 6

FREUD
Mouth is pleasure point; overcoming separation anxiety
Ex: baby feeds off mothers nipples, mothers give babies a pacifier when crying.

Question 7

Anal Phase

Answer 7

FREUD
“Potty-Training phase” “Hold it”
We learn that we cannot just pee and poop everywhere we please. Must hold in the need to release ourselves

Question 8

Phallic Phase

Answer 8

FREUD

Kids realize that there private parts are an erogenous zone for them and so they touch themselves down there.

Question 9

Oedipal Complex

Answer 9

FREUD
Son falls for the mother and recognizes Dad as competition.
Understands gender identity

Question 10

Electra Complex

Answer 10

FREUD

Daughter falls for the dad and recognizes Mother as competition.

Question 11

Dreams

Answer 11

FREUD

Glimpses into the unconscious world of fantasy.

Question 12

Semiotics

Answer 12

SASSURE
Study of signs; Signifier and Signified
Ex: Cat we hear cat and mentally see an image of a cat

Question 13

Signifier

Answer 13

SASSURE
Sounds, Symbols, Marks
Ex: hear the sound Cat and the symbol the cat may stand for as a pet

Question 14

Signified

Answer 14

SASSURE
Mental Image
Ex: we actually in our minds see a cat; could be our own personal cat

Question 15

Interpretant

Answer 15

SASSURE
“user”
Makes sense of it all

Question 16

Icon

Answer 16

SASSURE
Direct resemblance/representation
Ex: Restroom sign; man on front directly means man
women on front directly means women

Question 17

Index

Answer 17

SASSURE
Symbol that signifies another object
Ex: Smoke signifies a fire
Footprints in the sand signifies that someone has been there

Question 18

Symbol

Answer 18

SASSURE
Sign that is arbitrary
Ex: Bald eagle for Americans symbolizes freedom even though the bald eagle is truly a savage and disgusting beast

Question 19

Code

Answer 19

SASSURE
Signs are arranged into codes
Ex: stereotypes: Black people die first in horror films
Ex: Wicked stepmother immediately associate that with Cinderella

Question 20

Denotation

Answer 20

BARTHES
“Sassure’s Model”
Refers to obvious meaning; direct relationship between signifier and signified
Ex: Cow = Animal, Bovine

Question 21

Connotation

Answer 21

BARTHES
Sign meets feelings and culture
Ex: Cow = Milk, cheese, beef, to other countries cows are sacred animals
Ex: Mormon temple for Mormons is a sacred and holy place to non-Mormons people see the temple as just a beautiful building

Question 22

Myths

Answer 22

BARTHES
How cultures explain the unknown; naturalizes history
Ex; Women are “naturally” more nurturing than men are when facts have not proved that women are more nurturing. Society has made it up.

Question 23

Metonyms

Answer 23

BARTHES
Part standing for the whole
Ex: He likes the “bottle” too much symbolizes that the man drinks too much
The bottle is the small part representing an alcoholic.

Question 24

Metaphor

Answer 24

BARTHES
Using familiar terms to explain the unfamiliar
Ex: Time is money; explaining time is precious but time is not really money
“Saving time” “wasting time” Spending time” we cannot do those things