Chapter 10 (Personality) Pt. 1 Flashcards
(45 cards)
What did Sigmund Freud believe in terms of personality?
He believed that one’s personality was set in early childhood.
What is Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality called?
Psychosexual stage theory of personality
What does stage theory mean?
1) A theory in which development is thought to be discontinuous (stepwise - you move from one stage to the next)
2) All people go through the same stages in the same order
What are the 4 stages of Freud’s theory?
1) Oral stage
2) Anal stage
3) Phallic stage
(optional stage in between)
4) Adult genital stage
What is each of Freud’s theories named after?
The part of the body that derives sexual pleasure at each stage
At what stage does the Oedipus/Electra crisis happen?
Phallic stage
What does a fixation at one of Freud’s stages result from?
Being undergratified or overgratified
According to Freud’s theory of personality, a child who was not fed regularly would fixate at which stage?
The oral stage
According to Freud’s theory of personality, adults who overeat, chew gum obsessively, and have an addiction to smoking are fixated at which stage?
The oral stage
People who are fixated in the Anal phase are of 2 types:
1) Anal expulsive personality (under organized)
2) Anal retentive (too organized)
According to Freud’s theory of personality, someone who is excessively sexually assured and aggressive is fixated in which stage?
The phallic stage
Freud believed that much of people’s behavior is controlled by:
The unconscious
Freud said that the personality consists of 3 parts:
1) Id (Pleasure principle)
2) Ego (Reality principle)
3) Superego (Conscience)
At which age does the id exist?
From birth
At which age does the ego exist?
Around 2-3 years of age
At which age does the superego exist?
Around age 5
In which region of the mind does the id exist?
The unconscious
In which region of the mind does the ego exist?
Partly in the conscious and partly in the conscious
In which region of the mind does the superego exist?
Partly in the conscious and partly in the conscious
You want to go party, but you need to study. In the end, you come to a compromise where you’ll study for 2 hours, and then go to the party. Which is the id, ego, and superego?
Id: Your desire to go to the party
Superego: Your desire to do what you’re socially supposed to
Ego: Your compromise to study AND go to the party
What is the ego’s function?
Protects the conscious mind from bad thoughts from the unconscious
How does the ego protect us?
By using defense mechanisms
List the defense mechanisms.
1) Repression
2) Denial
3) Displacement
4) Projection
5) Reaction formation
6) Regression
7) Rationalization
8) Intellectualization
9) Sublimation
What is repression?
Banishing unwanted thoughts to the unconscious (from the conscious)
