LCSW TERMS AND DEFITIONS Part 2

LCSW TERMS AND DEFITIONS 2 Term: Id Definition: Primitive portion of the personality. Basic instinctual drives (sexual libido). Follows the pleasure principle. Term: Ego Definition: immediate gratification and fulfillment. The 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: Superego Definition: 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: Driving Definition: 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: Cathexis Definition: the urging force. It is the force that drive an individual's unconscious wishes and desires. Term: Anti Cathexis Definition: The Checkin gforce. Acts as the brakes on the imprudent actions of the Id and serves to keep repressed material in the conscious Term: Freud's Psychosexual Stages of development-Stage 1 Definition: Oral-0-1 1/2 years. The individual exerience the world and derives pleasure and gratification from the stimulation of her/his mouth abd oral cavity (sucking) Term: Freud's Psychosexual Stages of developmentStage 2 Definition: Anal-1 1/2 - 3 years. An individual's focus shifts from the oral region to her/his anus. The individual gains control over their anal sphincter and bowels Term: Freud's Psychosexual Stages of development Stage 3 Definition: Phallic Stage-3-6 years. An individual's zone of pleasure shifts from anus to genitals. Term: Freud's Psychosexual Stages of development stage 4 Definition: Latency-6-12 years. An individual's focus on her genitals ans sexuality develops into more socially acceptable behaviors Term: Freud's Psychosexual Stages of development Stage 5 Definition: Genital stage 12 years to adulthood. The individual learns to accept his/her genitalia and begins to experience mature, adult like sexual feelings. Term: Fixation Definition: 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: Regression Definition: If gratification at a particular stage is overly frustrating, the individual may regress or rather return to an earlier stage of development. This is a common defense mechanism used by people. Term: Oedipus Complex Definition: During the Phallic stage, the boy is jealous of his father and sompetes for his mothers affection. (castration theory) At the end the boy identifies with the father. Term: Electra Complex Definition: The unconscious sexual attration that a girl (3-7 yrs old) has for her father. The girl realizes she does not have a penis and feels inferior and blames her mother. Term: Defense Mechanism