Chapter 3: Psychosocial Theories and Therapy Flashcards
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Who developed Psychoanalytic Theory?
Sigmund Freud
What does Psychoanalytic Theory support?
The notion that all human behavior is caused and cab be explained (deterministic theory). Beleives that represed sexual impulses and desired motivate human behvaior
Psychoanalytic Theories: Freud said the personality structure had three compoents.. what were they?
The id, ego, and superego
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is the id?
Part ofo nes nature that reflects basic or innate desires such as pleasure seaeking behavior, aggression and sexual impulses . Id seeks instant gratification . Has no regard for rules or social convection
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is the superego?
REflects moral and ethical concepts, values, and parental and social expectations. Direct opposite of id
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is the ego?
Balancing or mediating force between id and superego. Represents mature and adaptive behavior that allows person to function successfully in world
Psychoanalytic Theories: Why did Freud believe Anxiety existed?
Because the ego attempted to balance the impulsive instincts of the id with rules of the superego
Psychoanalytic Theories: Freud believe that the human personality had what three levels of awareness?
Conscious, Preconscious and Unconscious
Psychoanalytic Theories: What does conscious refer to?
Perceptions, thoughts, and emotions thate xist in the persons awareness such as being aware of happy feelingsor thinking about a loved one
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is preconscious ?
thoughts and emotions are not currently in persons awareness but can recall with some effort. Example is remember what they thought or did as a child
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is unconscious?
Realm of thoughts and feelings that m otivates a person even though he or she is unaware of them. Includes defense mechanisms and soem instinctual drives
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is a Freudian Slip?
Term used to describe slips of the tongue . Example is saying the wrong thing to someone. Believed these weren’t accidents but subconscious thoughts instead
Psychoanalytic Theories: Freud believe that a persons dream reflect what?
His or her subconscious and have significant meaning
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is Dream Analysis?
Primary technique used in psychoanalysis that involves discussing clients dream to discover their true meaning
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is Free Association?
Therapist tries to uncover the client’s true thoughts and feelings bys aying a word and asking client to respopnd quickly with what comes to mind. Believed this unconvered subconscious or repressed thoguhts
Psychoanalytic Theories: How did Freud Analyze dreams?
Through Dream Analysis or Free Association
Psychoanalytic Theories: Freud believed that the self, or ego, uses ego defense mechanisms. What is this?
Methods of attempting to protect the self and cope with basic drives or emotionally painful thoughts, feelings, or events
Psychoanalytic Theories and Five Stages of Psychosexual Development: Freud based theory of childhood development on belief that
sexual energy, termed libido, was the driving force of human behavior. Proposed children has stages of psychosexual development
Psychoanalytic Theories and Five Stages of Psychosexual Development: What wer the five stages?
Oral (Birth - 18 months) Anal (18-36 Months) Phallic/Oedipal (3-5 Years) Latency (5-11 years) Genital (11-13)
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is Transference?
Occurs when the client displaces onto the therapist attitudes and feelings that the client originally experience in other relationships
Psychoanalytic Theories: Example of Transference?
Female client working with nurse who is age of parents would react to nurse just like how she reacts to parents
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is Countertransference?
Occurs when therapist displaces onto the client atitudes or feelings from his or her past
Psychoanalytic Theories: Example of Countertransfernece?
Female nurse who has teenage children may display extreme frustration toward client and respond with parental or chastistng tone
Psychoanalytic Theories: What is Psychoanalysis?
Focuses on discovering the causes of the client’s unconscious and repressed thoughts, feelings, and conflicts believed to cause anxiety and on helping the client gain insight into and resolve these conflicts