Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalysis Theory

Flashcards based on Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalysis theory lecture notes.

Sigmund Freud

Austrian physician known as the Father of Psychoanalysis, which explains that human behavior is largely influenced by the subconscious mind and childhood experiences.

Psychoanalysis

A theory that explains that human behavior is largely influenced by the subconscious mind and childhood experiences.

Id

The most basic part of the personality that exists from birth, works entirely in the unconscious realm and contains basic biological drives and instincts.

Ego

Develops after the Id, and serves as a regulator between the Id's impulses and reality in the outside world.

Superego

The part of the personality that represents moral values, social rules, and conscience.

Libido

Psychic energy that encourages individuals to seek satisfaction, maintain life, and develop.

Thanatos

Drive towards destruction, violence, or destructive behavior.

Repression

Expelling painful thoughts or feelings into the unconscious realm.

Projection

Blaming others for one's own feelings or desires.

Rationalization

Finding logical reasons to cover up failures or mistakes.

Displacement

Expressing emotions to other people or objects that are safer.

Fixation

Stuck in one stage of development because there are unmet needs.

Regression

Returning to childish behavior when experiencing stress or pressure.

Introjection

Adopting other people's attitudes, values, or ways of thinking and making them part of oneself, unconsciously.

Sublimation

Channeling negative or socially unacceptable impulses into positive and accepted activities.

Oedipus Complex

A boy's sexual desire for his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.

Electra Complex

A girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.