Freud Structural Models of Personality Flashcards
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Freud thought humans are driven by two main instincts
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- Eros- life instinct powered by libido
- Thanatos- death instinct
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Freud’s Structural Model of Personality
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- ID
- EGO
- SUPEREGO
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ID [placeholder]
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Unconscious - Origin of personality present at birth
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- Satisfaction of instincts
- Source of psychic energy - powered by LIBIDO
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Pleasure Principle
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- Is the driving force of the id
- Goal is to avoid pain and maximize pleasure; immediate gratification
- no regard for consequences
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SUPEREGO
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- Suppress ID impulses
- What obeys societal rules
- Moral or idea behaviors; Parents’/society’s norms and standards, rules, regulations and code of conduct
- Grows out of Oedipus complex
- Operates by Morality Principle
- anxiety and guilt by excessively conforming to social norms or perfectionism
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Conscience
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- Develops through punishment by parents
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Ego ideal
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- Based on rewards and positive standards; pride and self-respect (e.g., “You’re a good person and you make your family proud of you”)
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EGO
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Mediator; rational aspect of personality
- Your rationale
Reality Principle: EGO puts constraints on ID;
Maximize- instinctual gratification, while minimizing punishment and guilt – satisfy ID impulses in acceptable ways
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According to Freud the mind tries to
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- control unacceptable ID impulses
- avoid pain
- maintain harmony
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Anxiety experienced by the EGO
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- Reality Anxiety
- Moral Anxiety
- Neurotic Anxiety
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Reality Anxiety
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- fear of tangible dangers
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Moral Anxiety
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- conflict between ID and superego`
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Neurotic Anxiety
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- conflict between id and ego
- fear of punishment
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Defense Mechanisms
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Automatic, unconscious ego strategies for keeping threatening ID impulses from conscious awareness and minimizing anxiety; distort reality
Ex: Repression, Projection, Displacement, Reaction Formation, Sublimation
