Ego Flashcards
stated that unconscious factors determine the shape of symptoms, thought, feelings and behavior
sigmund freud
basic concept: all behavior has meaning and a discoverable cause
deterministic
basic concept: analyzes the flow of psychiatric energy
dynamic
basic concept: personality develops through a series of alterable stages
developmental
3 levels of awareness
conscious
preconscious
subconsciou
awareness referring to: current thinking processes and attention to object
conscious
awareness referring to: deliberately brought to the conscious and can be aware of if we attend to them
preconscious
awareness referring to: unaware of and cannot be aware of except on special circumstances
subconscious
mental agency containign vall inehrtied at birth and fixed in person’s constitution
id
biological component of the eprsonality
id
known as the need for immediate gratification
pleasure principle
reduction of psychic energy bcoz it cannot tolerate an increase in this energy
pleasure
2 ways to reduce energy levels
reflex action
primary process
automatic responses to sources of irritation
reflex action
forming an image of an object previously associated with satisfaction of a drive
primary process
this develops bcoz primary process cant satisfy needs i. reality
ego
provides an interference between the id and reality
ego
secondary processes involved with the ego
perception
recognition
judgment
memory
this aims to supress id’s impulses and rpevents ego from attempting to satisfy the id
superego
counterbalances the id particularly in sex and aggression
superego
seeks to persuade the ego ro seek moralistic goalds and forego realistic ones
superego
id, ego, superego: which reside totally in the unconscious
id
id, ego, superego: which resides within preconcious and conscious
ego
id, ego, superego: which resides partially in all levels of consciousness
superego