Dynamic psychopathology Flashcards
Who described the unconscious as composed of both the collective unconscious and personal unconscious?
Carl Gustav Jung
What is the personal unconscious?
Unique to individual
What is collective unconscious?
Universal, common to mankind and contains archetypes that include anima, animus, shadow or self and hero
What is sublimation?
Socially unacceptable impulses are transformed into acceptable forms - mature defense mechanism
What does the superego result from?
Internalisation of parental authority
What is reaction formation?
When a person feels the urge to do something and then actually does something that is effectively the opposite of what they really want
Examples of immature defence mechanisms
Splitting Projection Projective identification Idealisation Denigration Introjection Passive aggression Turning against the self
Neurotic defence mechanisms
Repression Regression Denial Displacement Dissociation Isolation Reaction formation Intellectualisation Rationalisation Externalisation Identification with the aggressor
Mature defence mechanisms
Humour Anticipation Sublimation Altruism Suppression
SASHA
Kleinian defences
Splitting Introjection Projective identification Denial Omipotence Grandiosity
Which defence mechanism is commonly used by people with narcissistic personality disorder?
Projection
What is projection?
Refers to the tendency to attribute the origins of the undesirable impulses and feelings onto another person
What is the most primitive part of the personality?
Id
What is Id governed by?
Pleasure principle
Is Id consciously or unconsciously motivated?
Unconsciously, instinctive
What psychoanalytical technique was used by Freud to uncover the unconscious?
Free association
Idealisation and denigration are products of which Kleinian process?
Splitting
What does Freuds structural model include?
the Id, Ego and Superego
What does Freud’s topographical model consist of?
Conscious
Preconscious
Unconscious
What is displacement?
Showing emotions at a target different than the one unconsciously intended
What is projective identification?
Unconscious interaction that occurs between 2 people - person A projects feeling onto person B then person B unconsciously alters behaviour in a way as if the projected idea was true
What is the ‘repressive barrier’ to censor unacceptable wishes and desires maintained by?
Preconscious system
The superego is formed at which stage of psychosexual development?
Latency
The superego is formed at which stage of psychosexual development?
Latency