Week 8 - Basics of Psychoanalysis

free association

Say a word and see what the person says, a type of projective test that is also called the talking cure

your own mind

Freud believed that the first step in studying psychology is trying to understand ____ ___ ____

moral and scientific

The two types of controversy around freud were ____ and _____

do not exist

The key idea of psychoanalysis is that miracles, free will, and random accidents __ ____ _____

conscious

What freud thought was the least important part of the mind

preconscious

small section of the unconscious that we can access if we try hard enough

unconscious

The id, most of the superego, and most of the ego, most important

Id

basic instincts, operates on pleasure principle

ego

principal decision maker

superego

sense of morality

compromise formation

The ego’s main job it ______ _______

libido

Mental energy that has a fixed quantity

libido

creation, protection, and enjoyment of life

thanatos

similar to entropy

the doctrine of opposites

extremes on any scale may be more similar to each other than either extreme is to the middle

oral

Which stage is focused on dependency and passivity?

oral

which stage creates overly independent or passive adults

birth to 18m

the oral stage occurs from which ages?

18m to 3y

The anal stage occurs when?

anal

Which stage focuses on self-control and obedience?

anal

which stage creates adults who are over or under controlled?

3.5y to 7y

what age does the phallic stage occur?

phallic

which stage is focused on gender identity, sexuality, Oedipal crisis, love, fear, and jealousy

phallic

which stage creates rigid moral code vs lack of moral code and asexual vs promiscuous adults

7y to puberty

when does the latency stage occur

latency

what stage is focused on learning/cognitive development?

puberty onwards

When does the genital stage occur

genital

Which stage is focused on maturity, creation, and enhancement of life

genital

which stage produces a mature adult who is psychological healthy or not

mental health

the ability to love and to work

oedipus complex

boys age 3-6 are in love with their mother and are scared of their father castrating them

electra complex

young girls want a penis and to replace their mothers

maifest content

The plot of your dream

latent content

the meaning of your dream

nightmares

People high in meuroticism have more _______

low in neuroticism and high in openness

people who have more dreams about flying are

openness

people who have strange dreams are high in _____

agreeable

there are more people in _______ people’s dreams

determinism

Freudian slips come from the belief in ________

repression

forgetting is the result of ________

slips

often in speech but also actions, more likely when tired, not paying attention, in a hurry, or excited

defense mechanisms

_______ ________ prevent anxiety

denial

prevent perception of source of anxiety

repression

prevent recall of anything that might remind one of the course of anxiety

reaction formation

protect against a forbidden thought or impulse by instigating the opposite

projection

attribute an unwanted impulse or attribute in oneself to other people

rationalization

Create a seemingly logical reason for doing something shameful

intellectualization

translate a threatening situation into cold, intellectual terms

displacement

redirect forbidden impulse into a safer target

sublimation

convert base impulse into a noble cause

psychoanalysis

_________ as therapy works to resolve problems by brining unconscious conflicts to the surface so the ego can deal with them

low cure rate and long treatment

What are the two criticisms of psychoanalysis as a therapy?

therapeutic relationship

one strength of psychoanalysis as a therapy is that there is a _______ _________ created

Repression and transference

What are two psychoanalytic theories that are true and used today?

changing world he lived in

Freud’s theories are hard to understand because they were changed many times, which is a reflection of the ______ ______ __ ______ __