cHAPTER 12 Flashcards
Psychodynamic theory
The theories descended from Sigmund Freud which explains unconscious mental forces
Psychoanalysis
a therapy that Freud designed to probe deeply into the lives of mental patients
Psychoanalytic theory focuses on?
focuses on childhood, unconscious motives and conflicts, and sexual and aggressive urges
Id
The instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle
Ego
The decision making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle
Super ego
Moral component of personality that incorporates social standards about what is right and what is wrong
Example of the conscious
Train of thought while I read the text
Example of preconscious
My middle name, what I had for dinner last night.
Example of the unconscious
Forgotten trauma
Carl Jung
Analytical psychology; The unconscious consists of two layers.
personal unconscious
material that has been repressed or forgotten
collective unconscious
material inherited from peoples ancestral past
archetypes
the ancestral memories stored according to Jung
Alfred Adler
Individual Psychology; human motivation is striving for superiority
compensation
described by Adler as efforts to overcome inferiorites
faults of behaviorist theory
denial of free will; neglecting cognitive processes
faults of psychodynamic theory
too vague to test; not representative of other cultures; inadequate evidence; sexist
Humanistic theory
people are free to chart their own courses of action. They are largely rational, conscious beings. A persons subjective view is more important than their objective reality.
Incongruence
the gap between ones self concept and ones actual being
Abraham Maslow
proposed hierachy of needs
faults of humanistic perspective
poor testibility; unrealistic view of human nature; inadequate evidence
psychoticism
egocentric, impulsive, cold and antisocial
Tip of the iceberg metaphor
Tip is the conscious; underwater is the preconscious and unconscious (the unconscious is bigger)
Ego consists of what two thought layers
conscious and preconscious
