Freud and the Psychoanalytic SOT

3 main components that make up your personality

id, ego, superego

thanatos

agressive drive; kill or be killed instinct

anal retentive, anal expulsive

2 components of personality that operate on all 3 levels of conscious awareness

conscience

part of the superego that makes you feel guilty when you do something wrong

weaning

key task of the oral stage of development

3 examples of oral fixation

biting nails, smoking, chewing gum

castration anxiety (oedipus)

at the phallic stage of development young boys experience this

goal of psychoanalysis

to uncover the unconscious

libido

your pleasure or life drive concerned with basic instincts like sex, hunger, and thirst

the key task of the phallic stage of development

building a relationship with same sex parent

unconscious

largest part of the mind that has the biggest impact on what we do and how we feel

the key task of the latency stage of development

intimate relationships

penis envy

at the phallic stage of development young girls experience this

anal expulsive

someone that was strictly potty trained and is now resistant to authority

3 psychoanalytic techniques

setting, dream analysis, free association

ego

ability to delay gratification, operates according to the reality principle

transference

occurs when people redirect emotions or feelings about one person to their therapist

victorian era

• freuds time period

• Hightened sexual urges and desires, but at the same time, very conservative

• Women were commonly diagnosed with hysteria

• Relatively conservative time period

psychoanalytic theory

early childhood experiences; unconscious motives and conflicts; methods people use to cope with their sexual and aggressive urges

id

The primitive instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle

pleasure principle

concerned with the immediate gratification of urges and is developed when you are born

superego

How you handle the conflict between the personalities is what makes you who you are

reality principle

seeks to delay gratification of the id’s urges(the world does not revolve around you)

psychosexual stages of development

development periods with a sexual focus that have an impact on your adult personality

erotic focus

pleasure seeking energies from the child become focused on certain erogenous areas

fixations

failure to move forward from one stage to another; prolongs development and creates conflict

oral stage

0-1 years old, sucking/biting, being able to manage without something

anal stage

2-3 years old, society’s first systematic effort to regulate a child’s biological urges

anal retentive

people pleasures, obidient, do what told

anal expulsive

outgoing, independent, do their own thing, messy and reckless

phallic stage*

identifying with adult role models

oedipal complex

children manifest erotically tinged desires for their opposite-sex parent, accompanied by feelings of hostility toward their same sex parent

oedipal complex (boy)

boy hates father because father has mom and fears that father will castrate son. boy struggles to like father

electra complex

girl is in love with father and hates mother because she thinks mother castrated her, this is why she does not have a penis and has penis envy. girl decides she wants to be like mother to get a guy like father

latency stage

sexually repressed, making friends and building relationships

genital stage

establishing intimate relationships, becoming an effective citize and contributing to society by getting married and having kids

ego ideal

rules and standards for good behavior; what makes you feel good when you do the right thing; feeling of pride, value, and accomplishment

conscience

behaviors/feelings that are forbidden and lead to bad consequences, punishments, feelings of guilt and remorse; what makes you feel guilty

neurologist

Treated “troubled” nervous problems (hysteria) and mental disorders

freud family backround

six brothers and sisters, freud was always his mothers favorite

free association

Word association: Therapist says a word, then the patient responds with the first word that comes to their mind (Friends episode)

repression

when people experience traumatic things, they bury it in their unconscious so they have no memory of it

dream analysis

symbols, royal road to the unconscious

hypnosis

method of treatment