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Personality An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.
Freud asked patients to say whatever came to their minds (free
Free Association association) in order to tap the unconscious. you relax and say
whatever comes to mind and someone psychoanalyzes it.
Dreams & unconscious according to Freud's theory of dreams suggests that dreams represent
Freud (psychoanalytic unconscious desires, thoughts, wish fulfillment, and
perspective) motivations.
a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud,
Id strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The id
operates on the pleasure principle,
demanding immediate gratification. (ex: i wanna kiss a guy in my class)
the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud,
mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The
ego
ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's desires in
ways that will realistically bring
pleasure rather than pain. (I can't kiss this guy in my class so ill sit next to him)
the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents
superego internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the
conscience) and for future aspirations (this is the moral lens that
strives for the best for you)
Freud's theory regarding the id's desire to maximize pleasure and
Pleasure Principle
minimize pain in order to achieve immediate gratification.
This Stage lasts from birth to around 18 months. The mouth is the focus
of pleasure. If fixated at the oral stage because of frustration, either
oral stage freud is not nursed or if nursing stops too soon, the adult is envious,
pessimistic and sarcastic. If the child is
overindulged, with too much nursing the adult is optimistic,
admiring of others and gullible. The oral character can be either
of these things.
, This stage lasts from around one and half to two and a half years old.
Toilet training brings a focus of pleasure on the anus with expulsion
or retention of feces. If parents are too lenient and the child gets
Anal Stage (Freud) pleasure from making a mess, the adult will form an anal expulsive
character, and is messy, reckless and disorganised. If the child refuses
to go and that is not overcome, the adult will develop an anal
retentive character, because the child has gained pleasure from
holding back. An anal retentive
character is obstinate, careful and precise
This stage is the third stage and the erogenous zone or focus of pleasure is the
gnetial region. This lasts from around to three to five years. In this
stage boys can experience the Oedipus Complex (Electra complex
The Phallic Stage for girls). Through the oedipus complex boys adopt their gender
behaviour. An adult fixated at the phallic stage would develop a
phallic character - self assured, reckless, vain and proud. They
might also be incapable of loving someone. Freud also suggested that
fixation at this stage was the reason for homosexuality
This stage is not really a psycho-sexual stage of development
The Latency Period because there is no sexual drive in this period. It is a resting period,
with regression of desires. Children from same-sex friendship and
focus on school and sport
This stage is the fifth stage and starts with puberty. The libido focus
The genital stage again on the genita.s, as in the phallic stage, and there is a formation
of hertosexual friendships and relationships.
a repository for socially unacceptable ideas, anxiety-producing
freud's idea of unconscious wishes or desires, traumatic memories, and painful emotions put
out of mind by the mechanism of repression.
in psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective methods of reducing
defense mechanisms
anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
Repression banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness.
psychoanalytic defense mechanism in which an individual faced
Regression
with anxiety retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where
some psychic energy remains fixated
psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which the ego unconsciously switches
Reaction formation unacceptable impulses into their opposites. Thus, people may
express feelings that are the opposite of their anxiety-arousing
unconscious feelings. (ex: purity and sex)