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Psychoanalytic theory
Focuses on childhood experiences, unconscious thoughts/motivations and conflicts to explain personality, motivation, and psychological disorders
Psychoanalysis
"Talking cure" used to cure anxieties, obsessions and fears
Conscious
What is right at the surface of our awareness at a particular point in time (short-term memory)
Preconscious
What lies just beneath the surface of awareness and is ready for immediate retrieval
Unconscious
What lies deep in our unconscious due to the causation of anxiety, uncomfortable feelings.
Libido
"I desire"; instincts derived from biological urges expressed in conscious activity. A part of the ego.
Psychosexual development
Freudian theory which states that personality development during infancy, childhood and adolescence shifts from mouth, anus, to genitals
Oral
Feeding is the main source of behavior (0-1)
Anal
Pleasure resulting from bowel movement (1-3)
Phalic
Stage where boys want to have sex with mama, and girls want to have sex with papa. Main area is the genitals. (3-6)
Latency
Sexually calm, socializes, develops skills, and learns about self and society. Develops defense mechanisms. (6-12)
Genitals
Sexually matures so that repressed sexual urges resurface to flow into socially approved channels (12+)
Penis envy
Wish for a girl to have a penis caused by feelings of inferiority and psychic conflict
Castration anxiety
When a boy has a fear of losing or hurting his genitals
Character
What develops as a result of experiences while growing up
Fixation
When an individual becomes "fixated" or stuck in a stage which they cannot get out of until the initial conflict is resolved
Oral passive character
Character which contains traits such as dependency on others, and holds an interest in oral gratifications such as eating, drinking and smoking
Oral aggressive character
Character which contains traits such as a desire to bite on things such as pencils and gum as well as holds a tendency to be verbally aggressive and sarcastic
Anal expulsive personality
Personality which contains traits such as being disorganized, generous to a fault. Cruel, destructive, and may be a vandal. Caused by parents making a huge deal over potty training.
Anal retentive personalty
Personality which contains traits such as being clean, perfectionistic, dictatorial, stubborn, and stingy. Caused by parents forcing children to be potty trained at an early age.
Phalic stage
Oedial complex develops in the...
Repression
Burying distressing thoughts and conflicts deep into the unconscious
Projection
Seeing the world in a way that is actually just how you feel within
Displacement
Taking out anger on a more inferior object or person.
Example: kicking your puppy after fighting with your wife
Reaction formation
Behaving in a way that is the exact opposite of how one truly feels
Example: Being super nice to the person you talk shit about
Regression
Reverting back to childhood behavior
Rationalization
Making up excuses to justify unacceptable behavior
Identification
Identifying with a group to heighten self-esteem
Denial
Refusing to feel or accept something as it is
Sublimation
Transferring inappropriate feelings and thoughts into a more appropriate channel of energy.
