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Ego
The part of the personality that mediates between the desires of the id and the constraints of reality, governing rational thought and decision-making.
id
The part of the psyche that operates on the "pleasure principle" and represents innate, instinctual desires and drives, seeking immediate gratification
Neurosis
A psychological condition characterized by anxiety, obsessive thoughts, or compulsive behaviors, often resulting from unresolved conflicts in the psyche.
Psychosexual Development Stages
The series of stages proposed by Freud in which personality develops through conflicts related to different erogenous zones, including oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages.
Superego
The part of the psyche that internalizes societal norms and moral values, acting as a conscience and regulating the id's impulses.
Unconscious vs Conscious Experience
The distinction between thoughts, feelings, and memories that are accessible to awareness (conscious) and those that are not (unconscious), influencing behavior and personality.
Archetypes
Universal themes and symbols present in the collective unconscious that are common to all cultures, such as the hero, the maiden, the sage, and the trickster
What did Adler suggest is revealed by a person’s early memories?
The individual’s current life attitudes and style of life
According to Adler, what influences a child’s sense of inferiority?
Birth order, family dynamics, and physical challenges.
Who invented the Psychosocial Stages of Development?
Erik Erikson
Whose theories focus on unconscious anxiety?
Karen Horney
Psychoanalysis
Freud's therapeutic method for exploring unconscious conflicts and emotions, often involving free association and the analysis of dreams and symbols.
