Theories and Theorists Flashcards
Freud
The Father of Psychoanalysis (lying on the couch, focus on the unconscious mind, takes years)
Id
Unconscious primal desires such as sex and food. Present from birth on, but unconscious
Ego
Tries to fulfill the Id in realistic ways and is a person’s conscious awareness.
This portion handles judgement, testing, tolerance, planning, etc.
Superego
Searches for perfection, is part conscious and part unconscious, punishes bad behavior with guilt feelings
Penis Envy
Women are jealous of men because they don’t have a penis
Castration Anxiety
Women feel inferior because of the fact that they were born physically/sexually inferior.
Oedipus and Electra Complexes
Being jealous of one’s same sex parent because they are keeping them from their opposite sex parent.
Transference
Client puts feelings that they truly have for someone else in their lives onto their therapist.
Anna O
Freud never met Anna O, but many of his studies were based on her.
The “Talking Cure”
Life Drive/Eros
Drive for sex, thirst, hunger, survival
Death Drive/Thanatos
Drive for anger, destruction, danger
Defense Mechanisms
Denial Repression Projection Regression Displacement Rationalization
Denial
Not acknowledging that there is a problem
Repression
Suppressing a memory until it disappears into the subconscious
Projection
Putting your own beliefs or behavior onto someone else
Regression
Acting in a way that is not typical for your age
Displacement
Showing emotion toward someone or something completely unrelated to that which caused the emotion
Rationalization
Making up explanations for something that has happened
Carl Rogers
Unconditional Positive regard, therapist congruence, empathy.
Originally called “Client Centered Counseling” but changed to “Person Centered Counseling” to be less stigmatizing