PSY505 Psychodynamic th (Freud)

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vitalism

Mind/body seen as energy systems

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Freud’s mental energy fundamentals

1. limited amount of energy

2 energy paths can be blocked

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limited amount of energy

if used for 1 purpose, less available for others

self discipline +stress=limited energy 

HALT→bad decisions (emotions > executive functioning)

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energy paths can be blocked

if a path is blocked, energy is expressed differently

(fear of intimacy blocking sexual desire)

energy might be delivered through anger 

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instinctual drives

mind runs on basic, inborn drives

these drives push on the system like internal pressure → cause thoughts, emotions and behaviors (causal and unconscious).

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Goal of the Mind

reach homeostasis - calm, satisfaction

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Bruer’s discovery

talking to patients about their fears, worries in the past to relieve neurological symptoms

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Freud’s interpretation

Pushing away scary thoughts redirects mental energy and can cause nerve-related symptoms.

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Catharsis

un-repressing thoughts 

Talk → release → relief (feelings and sensation come back).

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the Pleasure principle

the true humans’ nature is to satisfy pleasure and avoid pain

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the reality principle

learnt through dev

The mind’s “do this, don’t do that” voice.

delay or adjust desires to fit real-life limits.

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friction

not following instincts 

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constant tension

life is a constant tension between pleasure and the pain of reality

Tension/anxiety can only be reduced

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agressive drive

Not just violence; includes positive self-interest, esteem, assertiveness, inspiration, resilience, reproductive efforts.

too high-narcissism

too low-demoralisationw

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sexual/pleasure drive

happiness, long-term satisfaction, balance/moderation

too high- short-term pleasure even when it ignores reality

too low-anhedonia (lack of pleasure/joy)

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conscious level

thoughs we are aware of

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preconscious level

we could easily become aware if we attended to them

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unconscious level

unaware thoughts

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psychoanalitic unconsc

Focus on wants, desires, motivations; deep, dark, illogical, irrational.

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cognitive unconsc

mental processes run automatically without entering awareness.

non motivated function, focused on thoughts

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dream interpretation methods

  • whole - dream content as a whole, to capture overall meaning

  • parts - cipher method, secret code where every sign is translated as another sign

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manifest content

Storyline of the dream (descriptive)

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latent content

unconscious ideas, emotions, drives

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psychodynamic structure

Id unconsc

super ego (uncosc+consc)

ego (uncosc+consc)

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Id

original source of all drive energy

seeks to release tension

pleasure principle

non moral, not aware of reality

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superego

moral rules

control beh rewarding good beh/punishing bad beh

seeks perfection

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ego

seeks to express and satisfy the id

reality principle 

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life instinct

libido

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death instinct

decomposition

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defence mechanisms

1. projection

2 repression

3 displacement

4 interllectualization

5 rationalization

6 reaction formation

7 regression

8 sublimation

9 suppression

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projection 

negative about ourselves are projected onto others 

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repression

keeps painful or threatening thoughts and feelings out of conscious awareness.

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displacement

impulses to a less theatening target

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intellectualization

avoid unacceptable emotions

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reaction formation

opposite belief

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regression

return to previous st of dev

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sublimation

impulse to a soc acceptable way

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suppression

pushing into unconsc

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psycho-sexual st

1. oral (0-1y) mouth

2 anal (1-3y) bowel and bladder

3 phallic (3-6y) genitals

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primary process

id

illogical

pleasure principle 

thinking is unconscious

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secondary process

ego

thinking in conscious

meta cognition

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experimental thinking

similar to primary

primitive nonverbal communication; emotional

similar to id

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rational thinking

similar to secondary

meta cognitive

ego+superego