Freud

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“father of psychology”

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wilhem wundt

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student of Wundt; founder of introspection; introduces structuralism

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eb titchener

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founder of functionalism; influenced by darwin; taught mary whiton calkins when women were not allowed to earn PhD from Harvard

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william james

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founder of psychoanalysis; felt mental problems rooted from childhood conflict

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sigmund freud

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structuralism

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introduced by titchener; early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind

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functionalism

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introduced by james; school of psychology focusing on how mental and behavioral processes function

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introspection

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used by titchener; the examination of one’s own mental/emotional processes

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psychoanalysis

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introduced by freud; a broad theory of personality and a method of therapy

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sexual/life/eros
aggressive/death/thanatos

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2 instincts and drives

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unconscious

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part of personality that is tough to reach

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preconscious

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part of personality that is accessible; stored memories

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conscious

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part of personality that is immediate thoughts; right now

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superego

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“the brakes”; morals, ethics, rules, and norms

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ego

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result of id/superego battle; operates on “reality principle”

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id

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“the gas pedal”; wishes, desires, hopes, and fantasies; operates on the “pleasure principle”

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repression

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defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness
-not remembering traumatic event

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defense mechanisms

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the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

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regression

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defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixated
-going to mom whenever problem arises

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reaction formation

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defense mechanism by which ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites
-bad, reluctant mother then becomes overindulgent and overly loving

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projection

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defense mechanism by which people disguise their own threatening impulses by attributing them to others
-guy who can’t gossips a lot blames other people for being the gossiper

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rationalization

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defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening reasons for one’s actions
-telling yourself it’s okay to get so angry because you had a good reason

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displacement

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defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person, as when redirecting anger toward a safer outlet
-punching wall when getting angry

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sublimation

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defense mechanism by which people re-channel their unacceptable impulses into socially-approved activities
-writing a song about a heartbreak

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denial

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defense mechanism by which people refuse to believe or even to perceive painful realities
-saying you’re fine to not talk about a traumatic event

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erogenous zone

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areas of the body with heightened sensitivity which may arouse pleasure

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fixation

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a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved

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oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

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5 names of Freud's psychosexual stages

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oral

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experiencing world through mouth stage

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anal

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bowel and bladder elimination stage

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phallic

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stage where children develop unconscious desires for parent of opposite sex and feeling of jealous hatred for rival same sex parent

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latency

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repression of earlier stage conflict occurs' development of defense mechanisms stage

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genital

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stage where maturation of sexual interest and intimacy arise

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traumatic experiences in childhood unresolved conflict in early psychosexual stages

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explanation of abnormal behavior, according to freud

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projective tests

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interpretation of ambiguous stimuli, used in assessment and treatment of symptoms

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drawing completion tests ink blot test TATs

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3 projective tests

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free assosication

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saying freely whatever comes to mind

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dream analysis

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road to unconscious

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hypnosis

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and intense focus in which the person is vulnerable to suggestion

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insight catharsis transference

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3 goals and features of psychoanalytic therapy

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insight

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moment of awareness of the problem; "a-ha" phenomenon

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catharsis

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an emotional release associated with traumatic memories or repressed impulses i.e. crying

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transference

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unconscious feeling of love or hate projected onto the analyst

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life-changing results in some cases causes; not just symptoms sparks interest in field

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3 strengths of psychoanalysis

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cost time unscientific lack of clinical studies for support

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4 weaknesses of psychanalysis