SW620 - Psychodynamic, Object Relation, and Attachment Theory

Unconscious processes used by the ego to defend itself when it experiences internal danger

Defense mechanism

Primary biological drives that are present at birth; Freud believed that sex and aggression were the driving instincts behind all behavior.

Instincts

The part of the mind that holds ideas, thoughts, and memories that we cannot access and bring into our conscious awareness.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that holds ideas, thoughts, and memories that we are not currently thinking of, but which can be brought into consciousness through concentration

Preconscious

The aware part of the mind

Conscious

Unconscious projection onto the clinician of repressed emotions and desires towards one's parents.

Transference

The unconscious part of the psyche that comprises basic drives and instinctual energies.

Id

A part of the psyche that includes both the conscious and preconscious and develops out of the id from experiences that help the child distinguish "self" from "other"

Ego

A part of the psyche that punishes or rewards the inner child with feelings of guilt or shame when internalized values are not followed, and with pride and self-praise when they are

Superego

The aspect of the superego that contains the "should nots"

Conscience

Attachment

behavior and emotional rxn of children seeking proximity to person whom they perceive offers security in an env where they fear danger.