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23 Cards in this Set
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Frued's Levels of Awareness
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Conscious: Awareness
Preconsciousness: Just beneath surface of awareness Unconscious: Thoughts well below surface of awareness, but still exert influence on behaviour |
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Structure of Personality
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Three Components:
Id Ego Superego |
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Id
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The primitive component that houses the basic biological urges (eat, sleep, sex)
Operates according to the pleasure principle seeking instinctive and instant gratification |
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Ego
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The rational, decision making component
Operates according to the reality principle->delays gratification until appropriate |
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Superego
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Moral Component
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Belief towards behavior
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Behavior is the outcome of a series of internal conflicts between id, ego, and superego
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Anxiety
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Anxiety is created by the conflict of the mind and can lead to defense mechanisms
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Defense Mechanisms
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Largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from anxiety
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Types of Defense Mechanisms
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Repression
Projection Displacement Reaction Formation Regression Denial Rationalization Identification |
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Repression
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Burying distressing thoughts and feelings in the unconscious
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Projection
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Attributing one's own feelings to another
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Displacement
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Diverting emotion feelings from original source to a substitute target
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Reaction Formation
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Behaving in a way opposite how one feels
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Regression
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A reversion to immature patterns of behavior
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Denial
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Refusal to recognize reality
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Rationalization
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Creating false but plausible excuses to justify unacceptable behavior
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Identification
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Bolstering self-esteem by forming an imaginary alliance with some person or group
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Stages of Psychosexual Development
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1. Oral
2. Anal 3. Phallic 4. Latency 5. Genital |
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Oral Stage
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Age: 0-1
Erotic Focus: Mouth (sucking, biting) |
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Anal Stage
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Age: 2-3
Erotic Focus: Anus (expelling or retaining feces) |
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Phallic Stage
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Age: 4-5
Erotic Focus: Genitals (masturbating) |
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Latency Stage
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Age: 6-12
Erotic Focus: None (sexually repressed) |
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Genital Stage
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Age: Puberty+
Erotic Focus: Genitals (being sexually intimate) |
