WEEK 3 Flashcards
Frueds life
- Born and raised in Austria
- Lower class Jewish Family
- Outcast
Studied medicine/MD - Private practice in psychiatry
Key concepts of Frued
- The Freudian outlook on human nature is deterministic. It
maintains that an individual’s personality is fixed largely by the age of six. - People do not have free will; rather their behaviour is
determined by innate drives that have to do with sex and
aggression or love and death. - A great deal of Freud’s determinism also deals with how one is raised by one’s parents
What is Eros /Libido
sexual drive (later called “Life instincts”) –> human driving force, innate human urges
creative energies, motivation towards growth development and creativity
What is Frueds ‘Thanatos (Death Instinct) ‘
destructive energies– aggressive drive
Managing the aggressive drive is a major challenge in human behaviour
Freud’s view is that Libido and Death instinct both operate in humans determine what they do and why
What is Frueds ‘Conscious’
rational reality awareness
What is Frueds ‘unconscious’
Dreams of symbolic representations of unconscious needs, inner conflicts, unfulfilled wishes, Id-Superego conflicts, slips of the tongue (Freudian slips), free association material, symbolic content of psychotic symptoms. Repressed material
hat is Frueds ‘preconscious’
habits, denial, habitual repetitive patterns we are semi-aware of
What is the ID
the ‘child’ – ruled by the Pleasure Principle, original system of personality at birth,
* The seat of the instincts, needs and wants
* Pleasure principle seeks to reduce tension, avoiding pain and gaining pleasure
* ID is largely unconscious or out of awareness
What is the superego?
the ‘parent’ – ruled by the Moral Principle,
* Judicial part of the personality,
* Superego aims to inhibit the id impulses
* Idealistic and moral intentions “ good or bad “ and
* “ right or wrong “ thinking , striving for perfection
* internalisation of parental and societal values and aims
What is the ego?
the ‘adult’ – ruled by the Reality Principle
* The executive part of the personality – governs and controls and regulates personality
* Controls consciousness and checks and controls impulses from the Id
* Seat of rational intelligence
* Distinguishes between inner and outer reality of experience
What is Psychosexual Development
Stages focused on the satisfaction of sexual
drives through erotogenic zones of the body
* Emphasizes influences on childhood
development
* Is age related
* Deprivation or overindulgence leads to Fixation
* Childhood stages and parental figures have a
significant impact on the adult personality
* Root of dysfunctionality and pathology,
attachment
In psychosexual Development what is the oral stage
1st year
Safety, love, fear, nurturing, can later be related to mistrust/rejection, ability or fear of forming trusting relationships
In psychosexual Development what is the anal stage
1-3 years
related to power, control, autonomy, learning, independence, express negative feelings,
rage, aggression
In psychosexual Development what is the phallic?
3- 6 years
related to sexual attitudes, gender identification, (parental attitudes to the child’s emerging sexuality – influences in adult life
In psychosexual Development what is the latent stage?
6-12 years
development of social skills, friends, social identity
