Freud

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denial

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blocking external events from awareness

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repression

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not being able to remember traumatic events (motivated forgetting)

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asceticism

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renunciation of needs; denying desires

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isolation

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stripping emotion from difficult memory

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displacement

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redirection of an impulse onto another target

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turning against the self

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form of displacement; instead of someone else being a target you are the target

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projection

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see your unacceptable desires on others; if you have a characteristic you dont like you will ignore it in yourself and see it in others

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altruistic surrender

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form of projection; attempts to fulfill their needs (what they wish they could be) through other people

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reaction formation

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believing the opposite; changing an unacceptable impulse into the opposite

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undoing

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gestures to cancel out unpleasant thoughts

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introjection

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taking characteristics of others into your own personality

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identification with the aggressor

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introjection; becoming more like someone you fear

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regression

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a movement back in time; becoming childlike during a time of stress

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rationalization

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distortion of the facts to make an event seem less threatening

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sublimation

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transforming of an unacceptable impulse into something socially acceptable

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oral stage

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birth to 18 months; mouth - sucking and biting

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anal stage

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18 months to 3 or 4; anus - holding it in and letting it go

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phallic stage

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3 or 4 to 5 or 6; genitalia; masturbation

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latent stage

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5 or 6 to puberty; sexual impulse expressed

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genital stage

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puberty+ sex drive/ sexual impulse adolescence

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fixation

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childish habits continue as a result of unsatisfied cravings

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oral-passive

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frustrtd in need to suck; dependant on others; eating, drinking, and smoking

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oral-aggressive

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upset from early weening; lifelong disire to bite things

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anal expulsive

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parents puch potty training too hard; sloppy and disorganized

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anal retentive

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encouraged potty training; use punishment/ humiliation; child may become constipated; stubborn, stingy, clean, perfectionist

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phallic personalities

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boy rejected by mother - low self esteem; girl rejected by father - low self confidence; daddys princess - self centered; mommas boy - self-centered

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work

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Paris, Nancy, Vienna; worked with Breuer on patient Anna O

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id

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unconscious

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ego

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conscious; searches for objects to satisfy desires of id

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superego

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preconscious; record of things to avoid and strategies to use; communicates feeling like shame and guilt and pride

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libido

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"i deserve" driving force

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death instinct

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every person has an unconscious wish to die

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nirvana principle

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death releases us from struggle; blowing out stress

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anxiety

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feeling of being in jeopardy; feel anxious if we feel threatened or overwhelmed; signal to ego that we are in jeopardy

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realistic anxiety

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normal; fear

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moral anxiety

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feel threatened internally by social world of the superego; shame; guilt; fear of punishment

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neurotic anxiety

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fear of being overwheled by impulses from the id; "im gonna lose it" feeling

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relaxed atmosphere

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calm and quiet and relaxed; patient feels able to discuss anything; no fear

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free association

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client can talk about anything; unconscious conflicts will find a way out

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resistance

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trying to change topics; draws a blank, falls asleep, doesnt show up. etc.;

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dream analysis

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analyzing dreams to find unconscious conflict; usually try to find sexual meanings

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parapraxes

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a slip of the tongue; everything meant something even accidents happened for a reason and they may be clues to conflicts

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projective tests

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ink blobs; unconscious thoughts

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Goal of therapy

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after catharsis and insight occur therapy is nearly over; goal of therapy is to make the unconscious conscious

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Insight

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being aware of the source of emotion or original traumatic event

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Catharsis

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sudden outpouring of emotion that occurs when trauma is resurrected

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Transference

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a client projects feelings towards therapist that really belong with someone else; if patient is angry they may show anger toward therapist instead of the person they are really mad at