Psychodynamic Theories

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What are Freud's 3 levels of consciousness

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Conscious, pre-conscious and Unconscious

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What does 'conscious' represent to Freud?

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The thoughts and ideas of which we are aware

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What does 'pre-conscious' represent to Freud?

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The thoughts and ideas of which we are not aware but which we can easily access

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What does 'unconscious' represent to Freud?

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Thoughts and ideas of which we are unaware and cannot readily or easily access?

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Is psychoanalytic theory focused more on the conscious, pre-conscious, or unconscious?

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Unconscious

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What is it called when thoughts and ideas that create anxiety or distress are pushed from the conscious to the unconscious?

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Repression

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What are the 3 major systems in Freud's structural theory of personality development?

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Id, Ego, Superego

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Id

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Primitive portion that controls basic instinctual drives - food, sex, etc. Freud called the Libido, or sexual drive, the most important of all the instinctual drives.

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What is the Pleasure Principle?

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It is Freud's belief that the Id seeks pleasure over pain.

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Ego

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The rational and executive part of the personality. It mediates between the needs of the Id and the environment.

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Reality Principle

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A stage in personality development according to Freud where one recognizes that personal desires must be balanced with environmental realities.

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Superego

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The part of the personality that is most sophisticated, and considers moral and ethical aspects of the behavior.

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Conscience

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Part of the superego that contains the 'should nots'

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Ego Ideal

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Part of the superego that contains the 'shoulds'

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According to Freud, at what age should personality development be completed?

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By age 5

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According to Freud, what are the two 'Driving Forces' that have reciprocal exchange in personality development?

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'Cathexis' and 'anti-cathexis.' Cathexis is the urging force and the anti-cathexis is the checking force.

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According to Freud, personality develops as a result of TWO major events. What are they?

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1) maturation and natural growth, and 2) learning to overcome frustration, anxiety and resolve conflict

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What are Freud's discrete and sequential psychosexual stages of development?

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1) Oral, 2) Anal, 3) Phallic, 4) Latency, and 5) Genital

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What is it called when a person can not complete a stage of psychosexual development, because needs are under- or over-gratified?

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Fixation

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If getting through a psychosexual stage is overly frustrating, what might occur?

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Regression, or returning to an earlier stage of development

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What is the Oedipus Complex?

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During the Phallic Stage a boy becomes jealous of his father and competes for his mother's affection. This is usually between the ages of 3 and 6.

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What is the Electra Complex?

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The female counterpart to the Oedipus Complex.

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Oral Stage

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Age 0-1 1/2. The individual derives pleasure from his/her mouth and oral cavity, suckling.

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Anal Stage

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Age 1 1/2 to 3. The individual shifts focus to the anal region and gains control over bowels.

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Phallic Stage

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Age 3-6. The individual zone of pleasure shifts from te anus to the genitals.

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Latency Stage

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Age 6-12. The individuals focus on his/her genitals and sexuality develops into more socially acceptable behaviors.

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Genital Stage

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12-adult. The individual learns to accept his/her genitalia and begins to experience adult-like sexual feelings.

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What is a Defense Mechanism?

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When the Ego senses a certain act or thought may be harmful, it produces anxiety. This anxiety signals impending harm and produces a defense mechanism to protect the self. The defense mechanism are the unconscious and irrational thoughts and behaviors to protect the ego and minimize pain or discomfort.

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Refusing to acknowledge or recognize the reality and/or implications of a painful experience

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DENIAL

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Replacing one feeling or emotion with another

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SUBSTITUTION

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Shifting the repressed feelings from the original object to another object

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DISPLACEMENT

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
A type of denial where the object is "all good" masking unresolved or negative feelings

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IDEALIZATION

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
The unconscious modeling of one's behavior on that of another

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IDENTIFICATION

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Repressing, dissociating difficult feelings that are 'dangerous' to psychic well-being. This causes someone to become fragmented

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SPLITTING

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Putting negative or difficult feelings into physical symptoms

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SOMATIZATION

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Replacing a painful or negative event with the exact opposite

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REACTION FORMATION

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Identifying with some person or ideal so deeply it becomes a part of that person's

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INTROJECTION

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Focusing negative or uncomfortable feelings from the object onto one's self

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INVERSION

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Rationalizing and making generalizations to avoid uncomfortable feelings

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INTELLECTUALIZATION

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Name the Defense Mechanism:
Inability to experience the cognitive and affective components of a situation at the same time

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ISOLATION

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Who developed Ego Psychology?

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Heinz Hartman