LCSW TERMS AND DEFITIONS 2
Term Definition:
:
Primitive portion of the personality. Basic
Id instinctual drives (sexual libido). Follows
the pleasure principle.
Term Definition:
:
immediate gratification and fulfillment. The
Ego rational and executive portion of the
personality. Mediates between the demands of
the individual and the conflicting demands of
the environment. As the ego develops the reality
principle emerges allowing the child to
recognize the desire for immediate gratification
must be compromised for the realities of the
environment.
Term: Definition:
Superego Sophisticated portion of the personality. allows
the individual to act not only out of need, but to
consider the moral and ethical aspects of their
behaviors.
Term: Definition:
Driving The development of an individuals mental
state id the result of a reciprocal exchange
between two forces, the urging force and
the checking force
,Term: Definition:
Cathexis the urging force. It is the force that drive an
individual's unconscious wishes and
desires.
Term: Definition:
Anti Cathexis The Checkin gforce. Acts as the brakes on the
imprudent actions of the Id and serves to keep
repressed material in the conscious
Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Oral-0-1 1/2 years. The individual exerience
development-Stage 1 the world and derives pleasure and
gratification from the stimulation of her/his
mouth abd oral cavity (sucking)
Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Anal-1 1/2 - 3 years. An individual's focus shifts
developmentStage 2 from the oral region to her/his anus. The
individual gains control over their anal sphincter
and bowels
, Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Phallic Stage-3-6 years. An individual's
development Stage 3 zone of pleasure shifts from anus to
genitals.
Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Latency-6-12 years. An individual's focus on her
development stage 4 genitals ans sexuality develops into more
socially acceptable behaviors
Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Genital stage 12 years to adulthood. The
development Stage 5 individual learns to accept his/her genitalia and
begins to experience mature, adult like sexual
feelings.
Term: Definition:
Fixation The partial or complete cessation of
personality development at one of the
psychosexual stages of development. This may
occur if the individuals needs at a particular
stage are under or over gratified
Term Definition:
:
Primitive portion of the personality. Basic
Id instinctual drives (sexual libido). Follows
the pleasure principle.
Term Definition:
:
immediate gratification and fulfillment. The
Ego rational and executive portion of the
personality. Mediates between the demands of
the individual and the conflicting demands of
the environment. As the ego develops the reality
principle emerges allowing the child to
recognize the desire for immediate gratification
must be compromised for the realities of the
environment.
Term: Definition:
Superego Sophisticated portion of the personality. allows
the individual to act not only out of need, but to
consider the moral and ethical aspects of their
behaviors.
Term: Definition:
Driving The development of an individuals mental
state id the result of a reciprocal exchange
between two forces, the urging force and
the checking force
,Term: Definition:
Cathexis the urging force. It is the force that drive an
individual's unconscious wishes and
desires.
Term: Definition:
Anti Cathexis The Checkin gforce. Acts as the brakes on the
imprudent actions of the Id and serves to keep
repressed material in the conscious
Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Oral-0-1 1/2 years. The individual exerience
development-Stage 1 the world and derives pleasure and
gratification from the stimulation of her/his
mouth abd oral cavity (sucking)
Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Anal-1 1/2 - 3 years. An individual's focus shifts
developmentStage 2 from the oral region to her/his anus. The
individual gains control over their anal sphincter
and bowels
, Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Phallic Stage-3-6 years. An individual's
development Stage 3 zone of pleasure shifts from anus to
genitals.
Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Latency-6-12 years. An individual's focus on her
development stage 4 genitals ans sexuality develops into more
socially acceptable behaviors
Term: Definition:
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Genital stage 12 years to adulthood. The
development Stage 5 individual learns to accept his/her genitalia and
begins to experience mature, adult like sexual
feelings.
Term: Definition:
Fixation The partial or complete cessation of
personality development at one of the
psychosexual stages of development. This may
occur if the individuals needs at a particular
stage are under or over gratified
