LCSW Human Development Exam
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Sigmund Freud - ✔✔A theorist who is most known for his Psychoanalytic Theory of
Personality and Psychoanalysis
Levels of Consciousness - ✔✔A dimension of Freud's Theory that includes the:
Conscious; Preconscious; Unconscious
Conscious - ✔✔According to Freud, these are mental activities we are aware of
Preconscious - ✔✔According to Freud, these are feelings, thoughts and ideas of which
we are not currently aware but can bring to awarness relatively easily
Unconscious - ✔✔According to Freud, these are feelings, thoughts and ideas of which
we are unaware
-Much of human activitiy is a result of the motivation in this area of the brain
Free Association - ✔✔A technique in psychoanalysis that involves encouraging the
patient to express his or her thoughts without editing; the psychoanalyst seeks to
identify underlying conflict themes
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,Dream Analysis - ✔✔A technique in psychoanalysis where a dream provides cues to
the unconscious conflict of the patient
The Structure of the Personality - ✔✔A dimension of Freud's Theory that includes the:
Id, ego, and superego
*The way an individual's ego negotiates between the needs of the id, the moral
requirements and the superego, and the realities of the world determines the
individual's behavior
Instincts - ✔✔According to Freud, these are life (eros) and death (thantos) that influence
either our construtive, loving, and altruistic acts, or our hateful and destructive acts
Id - ✔✔A part of the structure of persontliy that operates upon pleasure principle and
seeks immediate gratification with no regard for anything or anyone else
-Cathexis occurs when the id invests libidinal energy into an image of an object that has
the capacity to fill a need
-Present at birth
Ego - ✔✔A part of the structure of persontliy that operates on the reality principle and
is aware of the individual's needs and the realities of teh real world
-Development of critical skills results from this part of the personality
-It also has defenses designed to keep anxiety level of the individual to a manageable
level
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, Superego - ✔✔A part of the structure of persontliy that operates on an internal value
system to feel good when he lives in harmony with those values and to feel bad when
he does not
-This structure of personality contains the conscience, which taontains "should nots"
and the ego ideal
Psychosexual Stages of Development - ✔✔Developed by Freud, these are the
developmental stages of a child wherein the child's experiences at each stage
determine's adult personality characteristics.
-Pathology occurs when there is failure to negotiate one of these stages
Oral Stage - ✔✔One of Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development, from age birth - 1,
where the breast is the initial object for cathexis
-The stage represents the child's initial ability to distinguish between what is part of me
and what is not me.
Anal Stage - ✔✔One of Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development, from age 2-3,
where the attention is focused on teaching the child control over bowel and urinary
functions
-Primary area associated with pleasure is anus and sphincter
Phallic Stage - ✔✔One of Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development, from age 3-6
where the child begins to associate pleasure derived from self-stimulation with a love
object (mother or father)
-It also encompasses the Oedipus Complex and Electra Complex
-The resolution of these complexes occur if the child represses sexual feelings for the
opposite-sex parent and identifies with the same-sex parent
-The superego is born out of this conflict
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Sigmund Freud - ✔✔A theorist who is most known for his Psychoanalytic Theory of
Personality and Psychoanalysis
Levels of Consciousness - ✔✔A dimension of Freud's Theory that includes the:
Conscious; Preconscious; Unconscious
Conscious - ✔✔According to Freud, these are mental activities we are aware of
Preconscious - ✔✔According to Freud, these are feelings, thoughts and ideas of which
we are not currently aware but can bring to awarness relatively easily
Unconscious - ✔✔According to Freud, these are feelings, thoughts and ideas of which
we are unaware
-Much of human activitiy is a result of the motivation in this area of the brain
Free Association - ✔✔A technique in psychoanalysis that involves encouraging the
patient to express his or her thoughts without editing; the psychoanalyst seeks to
identify underlying conflict themes
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,Dream Analysis - ✔✔A technique in psychoanalysis where a dream provides cues to
the unconscious conflict of the patient
The Structure of the Personality - ✔✔A dimension of Freud's Theory that includes the:
Id, ego, and superego
*The way an individual's ego negotiates between the needs of the id, the moral
requirements and the superego, and the realities of the world determines the
individual's behavior
Instincts - ✔✔According to Freud, these are life (eros) and death (thantos) that influence
either our construtive, loving, and altruistic acts, or our hateful and destructive acts
Id - ✔✔A part of the structure of persontliy that operates upon pleasure principle and
seeks immediate gratification with no regard for anything or anyone else
-Cathexis occurs when the id invests libidinal energy into an image of an object that has
the capacity to fill a need
-Present at birth
Ego - ✔✔A part of the structure of persontliy that operates on the reality principle and
is aware of the individual's needs and the realities of teh real world
-Development of critical skills results from this part of the personality
-It also has defenses designed to keep anxiety level of the individual to a manageable
level
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, Superego - ✔✔A part of the structure of persontliy that operates on an internal value
system to feel good when he lives in harmony with those values and to feel bad when
he does not
-This structure of personality contains the conscience, which taontains "should nots"
and the ego ideal
Psychosexual Stages of Development - ✔✔Developed by Freud, these are the
developmental stages of a child wherein the child's experiences at each stage
determine's adult personality characteristics.
-Pathology occurs when there is failure to negotiate one of these stages
Oral Stage - ✔✔One of Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development, from age birth - 1,
where the breast is the initial object for cathexis
-The stage represents the child's initial ability to distinguish between what is part of me
and what is not me.
Anal Stage - ✔✔One of Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development, from age 2-3,
where the attention is focused on teaching the child control over bowel and urinary
functions
-Primary area associated with pleasure is anus and sphincter
Phallic Stage - ✔✔One of Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development, from age 3-6
where the child begins to associate pleasure derived from self-stimulation with a love
object (mother or father)
-It also encompasses the Oedipus Complex and Electra Complex
-The resolution of these complexes occur if the child represses sexual feelings for the
opposite-sex parent and identifies with the same-sex parent
-The superego is born out of this conflict
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