Studied by 0 people
Looks like no one added any tags here yet for you.
Psychodynamic theories
theories that view personality with a focus on the unconscious mind and the importance of childhood experiences.
Psychoanalysis Theory
theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious movies and conflicts. Therapeutic techniques Released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self insight.
Unconcious
reservoir of unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. Information processing of which we are unaware.
Free Association
a method of exploring the unconscious, in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind.
Id
operates on pleasure principle, unconscious psychic energy, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives.
Ego
operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id desire in ways that will bring pleasure than pain.
SuperEgo
conscious part of personality, represents internalized ideals and provides a standard for judgement.
Pyschosexual stages
a series of developmental stages during childhood where a child's libido (sexual energy) is focused on different erogenous zones of the body, including the oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages
Oral Stage
Pleasure focused on mouth through sucking feeding
Anal Stage
Bowel movements and toilet training
Phallic Stage
Pleasure focused on the genitals
Latency stage
Sexual desires repressed and focus shifts to social development
Genital Stage
sexual interest reemerges and is directed toward mature relationships.
Defense Mechanisms
ego’s protective method of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.
Repression
the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness, anxiety arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.
Collective unconcious
shared inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species history
Terror Management Theory
theory of death related anxiety: explores people's emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impending death
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
a projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interest through stories they make up abt ambiguous scenes
Projective Ttest
personality test that provides ambiguous images designed to trigger projection of one's inner dynamics and explore the preconscious and unconscious mind.
Rorschach Inkblot Test
a projective test designed by Hermann Rorschach, seeks to identify people's inner feelings by analyzing how they interpret 10 inkblots, a childhood game.
