Theories and Therapy Flashcards
What 3 concepts are apart of Freud’s Personality Structure theory
Ego, Superego, and ID
What is Ego in Freud’s personality structure? Is it conscious or unconscious?
Ego is conscious and it deals with reality. Has to do with problem solving, reality tester and defense mechanisms
What is Super Ego in Freud’s personality structure? Is it conscious or unconscious?
It is unconscious and it is our moral component. It is where we hold our moral standards and beliefs
What is ID in Freud’s personality structure? Is it conscious or unconscious?
ID is unconscious and it deals with our instinctive and primitive behaviors. Like our pleasure principle, reflex
Freud believes that all Mental issues come from?
Unconscious thoughts
____ and ____ are always fighting with _____
Ego and Superego are always fighting with ID
What are the 3 levels of awareness?
Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious
What is conscious?
Our current awareness; thoughts feelings, and beliefs
What is preconscious?
Content isn’t the subject of our attention, but is accessible with conscious effort
What in unconscious?
Most primitive feelings, drives and memories reside
What are defense mechanisms? What causes them? Where do they operate?
They are psychological responses that help distort reality to make things less threatening. Anxiety causes it and it operates on the unconscious level
What is repression?
When we put our thoughts away (usually due to hurtful thoughts)
What is denial?
refusing to accept reality
What is projection?
Putting your thoughts onto someone else
What is displacement?
redirecting your emotions
What is regression?
retreating to an earlier developmental stage
What is sublimation?
Channeling impulses into activities
What is rationalization?
Justifying your behaviors with logic
What is intellectualization?
Focus on logic to avoid emotional pain
What is identification?
Adopting the behaviors of others
What is compensation?
Making up for something
What is the goal of Freud’s Psychoanalytic therapy? What tools did that involve?
Goal was to reveal unconscious mind and repressed memories
The tools used were free association, dream analysis, and transference
What is Free association?
Freely talking
What is dream analysis?
Looking at dreams because they are the window into the unconscious, hidden desires and fears