Sigmund Freud Flashcards
What are the two groups of instincts according to Freud?
Life instincts (libido) and death instincts (tantos).
What is cathexis?
Attaching or investing the libido to an object/subject.
What do the life instincts include?
Almost all pleasurable behaviors and thoughts.
What do the death instincts include?
The aggressive drive, need for destruction, wanting to die.
What are the types of anxiety according to Freud’s theory?
Reality anxiety, neurotic anxiety, moral anxiety.
Justifiable fears of real dangers such as natural disasters are called _______
Reality anxiety.
Having its basis in childhood, the need to gratify certain id impulses but fearing of being punished is called ______
Neurotic anxiety.
The defense mechanism that involves unconscious denial of the existence of something that causes
anxiety is called ___________
Repression
A defense mechanism that involves reinterpreting our behavior to make it more acceptable and
less threatening to us is called __________
Rationalization
A defense mechanism that involves shifting id impulses from a threatening object or from one that
is unavailable to an object that is available is called __________
displacement
A defense mechanism that involves altering or displacing id impulses by diverting instinctual energy
into socially acceptable behaviors is called ______________
sublimation
What is the phallic personality?
Individuals with narcissistic tendencies, attractive but unable to establish mature sexual relationships.
