2.02 Freud and neo-Freudianism Flashcards
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the “hidden” part of the mind that surfaces only in dreams and in certain behaviors; contains feelings, memories, thoughts, and urges that cannot be brought easily into consciousness; first suggested by Sigmund Freud
unconscious
according to Freud, the most important determining factor in human behavior and personality
unconscious
Freud’s three levels of awareness
conscious, preconscious, unconscious
Freud’s level of awareness that consists of material just beneath the surface of awareness
preconscious
Freud’s three parts of personality
id, ego, superego
Freud’s parts of personality: most primitive part; completely unconscious; pleasure-seeking; amoral; exists at birth; contains all biological drives; works on pleasure principle
id
Freud’s parts of personality: mostly conscious; rational and logical; works on reality principle
ego
Freud’s parts of personality: moral center of personality; contains the conscience; puts restrictions on how the id’s demands can be met
superego
Freud: the need for immediate gratification without regard for the consequences
pleasure principle
Freud: the need to satisfy the demands of the id only in ways that do not lead to negative consequences
reality principle
the part of the personality that makes people feel guilt, or moral anxiety, when they do the wrong thing
conscience
Freud: unconscious distortions of a person’s perception of reality that reduces anxiety
psychological defense mechanisms
psychological defense mechanism: refusal to acknowledge a situation
denial
psychological defense mechanism: pushing events or situations out of conscious memory
repression
psychological defense mechanism: making up acceptable excuses for unacceptable behaviors
rationalization
psychological defense mechanism: placing one’s own unacceptable thoughts onto others
projection
psychological defense mechanism: forming a response that is the opposite of one’s unacceptable actual thoughts
reaction formation
psychological defense mechanism: displacement
expressing feelings onto a less threatening substitute
psychological defense mechanism: regression
coping with stress by reverting to childlike patterns
psychological defense mechanism: acting like someone else to deal with anxiety
identification
psychological defense mechanism: becoming superior in some areas to make up for lacking in others
compensation / substitution
psychological defense mechanism: turning socially unacceptable urges into acceptable behaviors
sublimation
five stages of personality development proposed by Freud; linked closely with sexual development of the child
psychosexual stages
disorder in which a person does not fully resolve the conflict in a particular psychosexual stage, resulting in personality traits and behavior associated with that stage
fixation