Week 7 Psychoanalytic & Neoanalytic Perspectives

Question 1

Conscious

Answer 1

The level of awareness containing thoughts and feelings we are directly aware of.

Question 2

Preconscious

Answer 2

The level of awareness containing memories and thoughts not currently in conscious awareness but easily retrievable.

Question 3

Unconscious

Answer 3

The largest and most influential level of awareness, holding repressed desires, memories, and experiences inaccessible to conscious awareness.

Question 4

Id

Answer 4

Devil on ur shoulder (The primitive, instinctual component of personality operating on the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification.)

Question 5

Ego

Answer 5

The rational component of personality operating on the reality principle, mediating between id impulses and superego demands.

Question 6

Superego

Answer 6

Angel on ur shoulder (The moral component of personality, embodying internalised societal and parental values, leading to feelings of guilt and anxiety if violated.)

Question 7

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 7

Unconscious strategies employed by the ego to reduce anxiety arising from conflict between the id, ego, and superego.

Question 8

Psychosexual Stages

Answer 8

Five developmental stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) proposed by Freud, each with specific conflicts and potential for fixation.

Question 9

Fixation

Answer 9

Getting “stuck” at a psychosexual stage due to unresolved conflicts, potentially influencing adult personality traits.

Question 10

Psychoanalysis

Answer 10

A therapeutic approach aimed at uncovering unconscious material through techniques like free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of transference.

Question 11

Collective Unconscious

Answer 11

Jung’s concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of universal experiences, archetypes, and symbols common to all humanity.

Question 12

Archetypes

Answer 12

Universal, symbolic images residing in the collective unconscious, representing fundamental human experiences and motifs.

Question 13

Striving for Superiority

Answer 13

Adler’s core motivational principle, driving individuals to overcome feelings of inferiority and achieve personal growth and competence.

Question 14

Inferiority Complex

Answer 14

Exaggerated feelings of inadequacy and incompetence, potentially stemming from childhood experiences, influencing behaviour and self-esteem.

Question 15

Basic Anxiety

Answer 15

Horney’s concept of pervasive anxiety stemming from childhood experiences of helplessness and isolation in a potentially hostile world.

Question 16

Neurotic Needs

Answer 16

Maladaptive strategies developed to cope with basic anxiety, involving exaggerated needs for approval, power, or detachment.