Freud's Defense Neuropsychoses Study Set

These flashcards cover the key concepts from Freud's work on Defense Neuropsychoses, including the mechanisms of Hysteria and Obsessional neurosis, the role of affect, and the task of the defensive ego.

According to the lecture, which conditions are classified as "Neurosis actuales" (Current neuroses)?

Neurasthenia and anxiety states (estados de angustia).

How does Freud categorize Hysteria and Obsessional neurosis within the types of neuroses?

As Psiconeurosis (Psychoneuroses).

What are "representaciones inconciliables" (irreconcilable representations) as defined in the text?

Sexual experiences (vivencias sexuales) against which the ego defends itself.

What is the primary objective of the "yo defensor" (defensive ego) when dealing with an irreconcilable representation?

To transform an intense representation into a weak one by stripping away the affect or the sum of excitation ($\text{suma de excitación}$) attached to it.

In Hysteria, what term describes the process where the sum of excitation is transposed to the body?

Conversión (Conversion).

In Obsessional neurosis, what happens to the affect once it is separated from the irreconcilable representation?

The affect remains in the psychical realm and attaches itself to other representations.

What is a "falso enlace" (false linkage) in the context of neurosis obsesiva?

The mechanism where a segregated affect attaches to other representations, which then become obsessive.

How does the "Hipótesis auxiliar" (Auxiliary hypothesis) describe the nature of affect?

It is a sum of affect that is susceptible to increase, decrease, displacement, and discharge, diffusing through memory traces (huellas mnémicas).

What is considered the "punto nuclear" (nuclear point) of the psychical mechanism of neuroses?

Defense or repression ($\text{La defensa o represión}$).

What is the specific condition for sexual trauma to lead to Hysteria according to the text?

Passivity ($\text{pasividad}$).

When exactly do sexual experiences from early childhood acquire a traumatic effect in Hysteria?

At the point when they are remembered following the onset of sexual maturity.

How does the nature of the sexual experience in Obsessional neurosis differ from Hysteria?

It involves sexual activity performed with pleasure and participation, rather than mere passivity.

What underlying factor typically exists in the history of a patient with Obsessional neurosis?

A background of hysterical symptoms, specifically a scene of sexual passivity or seduction occurring before the pleasurable action.

List the four periods in the typical trajectory of a neurosis obsesiva.

$1$) Infantile immorality ($\text{Inmoralidad infantil}$), $2$) Primary defensive symptom, $3$) Apparent health, and $4$) Secondary defense.

What is the goal of the "yo defensor" regarding the memory of an irreconcilable representation?

To treat the representation as though it had never happened ($\text{no acontecida}$).