Psychoanalytic - Feud Flashcards
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What were Sigmund Feud’s two best known theories
1) The theory of “The Id, the Ego, and the Super-Ego” (relating to the “Oedipus Complex”)
2) The Interpretation of Dreams Theory
What did Freud believe about the Id, The Ego and the Super Ego
he believed that the three made up the three parts of ones personality
Deine Ego
The Ego, the only visible component, was defined as the surface part of the personality: the part you show the world.
Define Super-Ego
The hidden Super-Ego was defined as the conscience of the personality; the “angel vs. devil” metaphor with which we are all familiar.
Define Id
And the Id referred to a personality’s baser, more sensual instincts: sexual energy or the libido.
What theories evolved from the analysis of the Id
The Oedipus Complex and the Electra Complex
Define the Oedipus Complex
evolved around the idea that even as babies, children have moments of sexual arousal, and are aware of the phallus (i.e. male genitals).
Define the Electra Complex
baby girls are also aware of their own sexuality, and will inevitably, spend their young adult years looking for someone just like their father replace that first love (daddy’s little girl).
Where did the term “mama’s boy”come from
it came from the Oedipus Complex as it asserts a little boys first love to be its mom
and he looks his young adult life looking for someone like his mom
What theory is related to the term “Penis Envy”
The Electra Complex
Define Penis Envy
envious of power
Define Phallic symbol
It generally refers to either objects physically reminiscent of a phallus (long and erect), or to such objects representative of power (e.g. Swords, guns, tall buildings etc.)
representation of a penis
Define Yonic symboles
epresent objects physically reminiscent of the female genitals (round) and/or objects representative of softness and gentility (e.g. a flower, an egg, a bird’s nest, a cloud, etc.).
representation of a vagina
What is Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams Theory
Dream theory is the study of the unconscious mind and believed that dreams represented the fulfillments of repressed wishes (i.e. things we secretly desire, but might never openly admit to).
Define the Unconscious & Repression
Freud believed that when repressed, emotions are not being destroyed. They are just being put aside; however, they are powerful and influence our behaviours
Define defences
Defences are the processes by which we keep the repressed emotions repressed in order to avoid knowing what we feel we can’t handle knowing.
What are examples of defences
Selective Perception, Selective Memory, Denial, Avoidance, Displacement, Projection and Regression
Define Selective Perception
hearing and seeing only what we feel we can handle
Define Selective Memory
modifying our memories so that we don’t feel overwhelmed by them or forgetting painful events entirely.
Define Denial
believing that the problem doesn’t exist or the unpleasant incident never happened.
Define Avoidance
staying away from people or situations that are able to make us anxious by stirring up some unconscious
i.e. repressed – experience or emotion.
Define Displacement
transferring our anger with one person onto another person (usually one who won’t fight back or can’t hurt us as badly as the person with whom we are really angry).
Define Projection
we project (place) our fear, problem, or guilty desire to someone else and then condemning him or her for it, in order to deny that we have it ourselves.
Define Regression
going back to a psychological state – we do this to get away from a present conflict or difficulty.
