Module 2 top Flashcards
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mental elements in awareness at any given point in time.
Concious
can become conscious either quite readily or with some difficulty
Preconcious
contains all those drives, urges, or instincts that are beyond our awareness
unconcious
concerned only with satisfying personal desires,
id
mediate/ balanced the demands of the Id and the outer forces of reality.
ego
the moral arm of the personality.
superego
the aim of this drive is pleasure, but this pleasure is not limited to genital satisfaction.
Sex ( Eros)
it is manifested during the infant who are primarily self-centered, with their libido invested almost exclusively on their own ego.
Narcissism
develops when people invest their libido on an object or person other than themselves.
Love
the need for sexual pleasure by inflicting pain or humiliation on another person
Sadism
m suffering pain and humiliation inflicted either by themselves or by others.
Masochism
the final aim of the aggressive drive is self-destruction.
Aggression (Thanatos)
apprehension about an unknown danger.
Neurotic Anxiety
stems from the conflict between the ego and superego.
Moral anxiety
defined as an unpleasant, nonspecific feeling involving a possible danger. It is closely related to fear.
Realistic Anxiety
ego prevents anxiety-provoking thoughts from being entertained in the conscious level.
Regression
channelling or substituting of negative id impulses into socially acceptable actions.
Sublimation
channelling or substituting our impulses from an original target to another person or object.
Displacement
, we simply state that certain facts do not exist. This is more than saying we do not remember, as in repression. Rather, we are insisting
that something is not true, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Denial
concealing a motive by giving strong expression to the opposite.
Reaction formation
attributing an unconscious impulse to other people instead of to oneself.
projection
The excuses are made up to hide or
disguise the true motive.
Rationalization
pretending to dislike what one really likes
sour grape
pretending to like what one really dislikes
sweet lemon