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Define 3 parts of Freud's topographic model: - ✔✔Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious
Freud's Topographic model- Conscious: - ✔✔thoughts you are currently aware of
Freud's Topographic model- Preconscious: - ✔✔stored information that you can retrieve if desired
Freud's Topographic model- Unconscious: - ✔✔thoughts, feelings, and desires you cannot access
under most circumstances, although they may be accessed through specific techniques
3 parts of Freud's structural model: - ✔✔The Id: The Ego: The Superego
Freud's structural model-The Id: - ✔✔the raw, unorganized, inborn part of the personality whose sole
purpose is to reduce tension created by primitive drives related to hunger, sex, aggression, and
irrational impulses. Apparent in infancy. Based on the pleasure principle.
Freud's structural model- The Ego: - ✔✔the part of the personality that provides a buffer between
the Id and the outside world. Apparent at 2 years old. Based on the reality principle.
Freud's structural model - The Superego: - ✔✔demands and values of society. The final personality
structure to develop. Represents values of parents, educators, and society at large. Apparent at 5 years
old. Absorbs the values of family and society. Primary tool is guilt
Defense Mechanisms: - ✔✔unconscious strategies that people use to reduce anxiety by concealing its
source from themselves and others
Types of defense mechanisms- Repression: - ✔✔pushing the undesirable unconscious material out of
the conscious thought
, Types of defense mechanisms- Sublimation: - ✔✔channeling threatening impulses into socially
acceptable actions - can be socially rewarding
Types of defense mechanisms- Displacement: - ✔✔channeling impulses onto non-threatening objects
Types of defense mechanisms- Denial: - ✔✔refusing to accept that certain facts exist
Types of defense mechanisms- Reaction Formation: - ✔✔eliminating the unconscious conflicts by
acting in opposition to the unconscious desire
Types of defense mechanisms: Intellectualization - ✔✔handling threatening material by removing all
emotional content before it reaches the unconscious level
Types of defense mechanisms: Projection: - ✔✔attributing unconscious impulses to other people
rather than recognize them in the self
4 stages of psychosexual development: - ✔✔oral, anal, phallic, and latency stages
Oral stage: - ✔✔the first psychosexual stage; which deals with the inability to trust oneself and others
resulting in the fear of loving and forming close relationships and low self esteem. Zone of interest:
mouth, lips and tongue.
Anal stage: - ✔✔2nd stage- deals with the inability to recognize and express anger, leading to the
denial of one's own power as a person and the lack of a sense of autonomy,
Phallic stage: - ✔✔3rd stage- deals with the inability to fully accept one's sexuality and sexual
feelings, and also to difficulty in accepting oneself as a man or woman.
Latency stage: - ✔✔sexual interests are replaced by interests in school, playmates, sports, and a
range of new activities. This is a time of socialization as child turns outward and forms relationships with
others.
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Define 3 parts of Freud's topographic model: - ✔✔Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious
Freud's Topographic model- Conscious: - ✔✔thoughts you are currently aware of
Freud's Topographic model- Preconscious: - ✔✔stored information that you can retrieve if desired
Freud's Topographic model- Unconscious: - ✔✔thoughts, feelings, and desires you cannot access
under most circumstances, although they may be accessed through specific techniques
3 parts of Freud's structural model: - ✔✔The Id: The Ego: The Superego
Freud's structural model-The Id: - ✔✔the raw, unorganized, inborn part of the personality whose sole
purpose is to reduce tension created by primitive drives related to hunger, sex, aggression, and
irrational impulses. Apparent in infancy. Based on the pleasure principle.
Freud's structural model- The Ego: - ✔✔the part of the personality that provides a buffer between
the Id and the outside world. Apparent at 2 years old. Based on the reality principle.
Freud's structural model - The Superego: - ✔✔demands and values of society. The final personality
structure to develop. Represents values of parents, educators, and society at large. Apparent at 5 years
old. Absorbs the values of family and society. Primary tool is guilt
Defense Mechanisms: - ✔✔unconscious strategies that people use to reduce anxiety by concealing its
source from themselves and others
Types of defense mechanisms- Repression: - ✔✔pushing the undesirable unconscious material out of
the conscious thought
, Types of defense mechanisms- Sublimation: - ✔✔channeling threatening impulses into socially
acceptable actions - can be socially rewarding
Types of defense mechanisms- Displacement: - ✔✔channeling impulses onto non-threatening objects
Types of defense mechanisms- Denial: - ✔✔refusing to accept that certain facts exist
Types of defense mechanisms- Reaction Formation: - ✔✔eliminating the unconscious conflicts by
acting in opposition to the unconscious desire
Types of defense mechanisms: Intellectualization - ✔✔handling threatening material by removing all
emotional content before it reaches the unconscious level
Types of defense mechanisms: Projection: - ✔✔attributing unconscious impulses to other people
rather than recognize them in the self
4 stages of psychosexual development: - ✔✔oral, anal, phallic, and latency stages
Oral stage: - ✔✔the first psychosexual stage; which deals with the inability to trust oneself and others
resulting in the fear of loving and forming close relationships and low self esteem. Zone of interest:
mouth, lips and tongue.
Anal stage: - ✔✔2nd stage- deals with the inability to recognize and express anger, leading to the
denial of one's own power as a person and the lack of a sense of autonomy,
Phallic stage: - ✔✔3rd stage- deals with the inability to fully accept one's sexuality and sexual
feelings, and also to difficulty in accepting oneself as a man or woman.
Latency stage: - ✔✔sexual interests are replaced by interests in school, playmates, sports, and a
range of new activities. This is a time of socialization as child turns outward and forms relationships with
others.
