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17 Cards in this Set
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Psychic determinism |
Everything that goes on in a person's mind has a specific cause |
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Freud's 3 levels of consciousness |
- conscious: what we are aware of - pre conscious: what we can become aware of if we think about it - unconscious: what we cannot be aware of but accessed through dreams |
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Internal structures - ID |
- pleasure principle - I want it now - the word no does not exist - present at birth - in the subconscious |
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Internal structures EGO |
- the self - mediates between the Id and superego - is the reality principle - from 18 months - judges if you can be satisfied |
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Internal structures SUPEREGO |
- is the morality principle - deals with the shoulds and oughts - develops at 3 years - trys to come up with a realistic way to deal with the needs of the id |
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Mental energy |
-Also known as libido - if you use up all the mental energy needed for pushing uncomfortable thoughts out of your mind then mental energy is unavailable for new ideas |
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Psychoanalysis; life and death |
Libido - pleasure principle - drive to produce art of music - creation, protection, enjoyment of life Thantos - not just about death but pleasure - being destructive can bring pleasure |
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Primary process thinking |
- the way unconscious mind operates - does not carry the word no - goal is immediate gratification Displacement: direct feelings from one object to another Condensation: compress self ideas into one Symbolisation: a thing to represent other things |
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Secondary process thinking |
- able to delay immediate gratification - conscious thoughts - logical and rational - how the conscious part of the ego thinks - develops second |
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Freud's defence mechanisms |
Denial Repression Reaction formation Projection Rationalism Intellectualism Displacment Sublimination |
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What is the purpose of Freudian psychotherapy |
- to bring the unconscious conflicts to the surface so that the ego can deal with then - may increase anxiety at the start - patients must be comforted and guided through the process |
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Critiques of Freud's theory |
- highly complex - high likelihood of bias - sexism - cannot be proved false - males considered to be the norm |
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Freud's psychosexual stages (Old age parrots love grapes) ORAL STAGE |
- mouth - 0 -1 years - infant gets their pleasure from the mouth through sucking - develops a sense of trust - adult fixation are people that smoke, bite their nails |
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Freud's psychosexual stages ANAL STAGE |
- anus - 1 -3 years - toilet training - child has to try to control his or her bodily needs - be competent, productive - any problems in this stage lead to adult fixation such as ordileness and messiness |
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Freud's psychosexual stages PHALIC STAGE |
- genital stage - 3 - 6 years - discover difference between males and females - Oedipus complex: wanting to possess the mother and get attention of father - Electra complex: wanting to possess the father and get attention of mother - issues in this lead to sexual dysfunction |
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Freud's psychosexual stages LATENT STAGE |
- 6 -12 years - no focus of libido - time of exploration - direction into the development of social and communication skills |
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Freud's psychosexual stages GENITAL STAGE |
- genitals - 12 + years - individuals start to reach sexual maturity towards the opposite sex - if the other stages were completed successfully then there won't be a problem in this area |
