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freud's theory Flashcards

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What three parts of the mind are there?

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conscious, preconscious & the unconscious

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What is the conscious mind?

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The part that we control and are aware of

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What is the preconscious mind?

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Just below the conscious that we are semi-aware of

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What is the unconscious mind?

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what we are unaware of

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What is stored in the unconscious mind?

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  • traumas
  • repressed memories
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What are the three personalities?

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ID, ego & superego

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What is our ID?

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Our impulsive instincts and the most primitive part of us

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What are features of the ID?

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  • not knowing right from wrong
  • demands instant gratification
  • lies in our unconscious mind
  • pleasure principle
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What is our ego?

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Our reality which develops soon after birth

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What are features of our ego?

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  • acts as a mediator between our ID and the world
  • balances our ID and superego
  • lies in our preconscious mind
  • reality principle
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What is our superego?

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Our morality and judgement

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What are features of the superego?

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  • creates guilt and anxiety
  • lies in all parts of our mind so we are fully aware
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What is a Freudian slip?

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An unintentional error that reveals subconscious feelings

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What are examples of Freudian slips?

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  • calling someone the wrong name
  • misquoting or misinterpreting a written or spoken word
  • using the wrong word
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What is the psychosexual stages of development theory?

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A theory that personality is based on libido - this moves around different areas of the body during childhood as we pass through stages of psychosexual development

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What is libido?

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Sex drive

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What are the 5 stages of psychosexual development?

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1- oral stage (birth-1)
2- anal stage (1-3)
3- phallic stage (3-5)
4- latency period (5-puberty)
5- genital stage (puberty-death)

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What is the oral stage?

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Fixation of the mouth

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What are important influences of the oral stage?

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  • breastfeeding
  • weaning onto solid foods
20
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What are consequences of neglecting the oral stage?

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  • smoking
  • seeks oral stimulation
  • manipulative personality
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What is the anal stage?

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fixation on the anus

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What are important influences of the anal stage?

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potty training

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What are consequences of neglecting the anal stage?

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a rigid personality

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What is the phallic stage?

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Fixation on the phallus (penis)

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What are important influences of the phallic stage?

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Oedipus and Electra complex

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What are consequences of neglecting the phallic stage?

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  • egoism
  • low self esteem
  • shyness
  • treating women with contempt
  • flirty & promiscuous
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What is the latency period?

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Having little or no sexual motivation

28
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What are consequences of a neglected latency period?

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Sexual activity and increase decreases

29
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What is the genital stage?

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Fixation on the genitals

30
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What are important influences on the genital stage?

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sexual relationships

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What are consequences of a neglected genital stage?

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  • reawakening of Oedipal or Electra conflict
  • reworking of childhood identifications
32
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What stage do children begin to identify with their gender?

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Phallic (3-5 years old)

33
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What is the difference between the Oedipus and Electra complex?

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Oedipus is applicable for boys and Electra is for girls

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What is stage one of the Oedipus complex?

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boys start to develop an unconscious sexual desire for their mother

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What is stage two of the Oedipus complex?

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the boy becomes jealous of his father and he fears castration by his father if he finds out about his desires

36
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What is stage three of the Oedipus complex?

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the boy is in a state of conflict, but deals with this by identifying with his father and internalising his characteristics

37
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What is stage four of the Oedipus complex?

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the boy substitutes his desire for his mother with the desire for other women and the Oedipus complex is resolved

38
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What is stage one of the Electra complex?

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girl starts to develop an unconscious sexual desire for her father

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What is stage two of the Electra complex?

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the girl realises she has no penis and develops penis envy - she is also jealous of her mother

40
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What is stage three of the Electra complex?

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the girl realises she can neither have her father or a penis and then identifies with her mother

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What is stage four of the Electra complex?

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the girl substitutes her desire for a penis with the desire for a baby and the desire for her father turns into the desire for other men

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