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Freud's Personality theory (psychoanalytic theory) is made up of what two theories?
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The structural and developmental theory
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What is the structural theory based on?
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Personality is made up of the id, ego, and superego
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What is the Id?
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1. Present at birth and consists of life and death instincts
2. Operates on the pleasure principle to seek immediate gratification of its drives 3. Relies on primary process thinking |
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What is primary process thinking?
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involves forming a dream, hallucination, or other mental image to satisfy the id's needs
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What is the ego?
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1. Develops at about 6 months in response to the id's inability to gratify all needs
2. Operates based on the reality principle 3. Also operates on the secondary process thinking 4. Primary task is to mediate the conflicting demands of the id and superego. |
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What is the reality principle?
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Defering gratification of the id's instincts until an appropriate object is available in reality.
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What is secondary process thinking?
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Characterized by realistic, rational thinking and planning.
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What is the superego?
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1. Develops around age 4 or 5.
2. Represents an internalization of society's values and standards as shown by the parents 3. Rewarded behaviors become part of the ego ideal 4. Punished behaviors become part of the conscience 5. Main task is to permanently block the id's socially unacceptable drives. |
