The Psychoanalytic Explanation of Dreams Flashcards
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The psychoanalytic approach states that…
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childhood interactions with our parents shape our personality
2
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The id
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- unconscious mind
- motivated by instinctual desires
- does not understand rules or consequences
3
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The ego
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- conscious mind which we are aware of
- controls rational thoughts
4
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The superego
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- part conscious and part unconscious
- provides a sense of right and wrong
5
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during sleep, the id becomes…
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dominant
6
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since the id is dominant in sleep, dreams reveal…
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our unconscious wishes and fantasies
7
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wish fulfilment
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we dream about what we desire to have
8
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dreams are translated into … by the …
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symbols by the ego
9
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manifest content
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what a dream appears to be about, which disguises the true meaning
10
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latent content
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the true meaning of the dream
11
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methods of dream distortion (2)
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- condensation
- secondary elaboration
12
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condensation
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when several ideas in a dream are mixed together
13
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secondary elaboration (distortion)
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the dreamer’s own interpretation of the dream; things may be added in or removed
14
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defence mechanisms in dreams (3)
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- repression
- displacement
- secondary elaboration
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repression
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- places unwanted thoughts from the unconscious ego to the id
- these unwanted thoughts return during dreams when the ego is dominant
