LMSW Exam: Theories(100% Accurate!!)

• Sigmund Freud: - ANSWERpsychiatrist in Vienna, considered the father of psychoanalysis. He was working with different patients with emotional problems. He developed concepts that are still being used when thinking about humans and their behavior. He focused on moral development, specially relating to sexuality. He proposed that each stage of human development is characterized by a sexual focus on different areas of the body. They have not been proven and have not been scientific. Transference: - ANSWERa psychological phenomenon in which a client redirects emotions and feelings unconsciously onto the therapist, that are meant towards others Counter transference: - ANSWERis the reaction to a client's transference in which the therapist projects his or her feelings unconsciously onto the client According to Fraud, there are 3 parts of the human mind, called the psychic apparatus They work together to create complex, human behavior. These stages are developed by the age of 5. - ANSWER1. ID 2. EGO 3. SUPEREGO • The ID: - ANSWER-structure present from birth, based on instincts and all the biological aspects of a person's being -It is unconscious, and is driven by the "pleasure principle" or "libido".