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Question | Answer |
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What are the three levels of consciousness? | Conscious, Preconscious and Unconscious |
Conscious | Thoughts and ideas we are aware of |
Preconscious | Thoughts and ideas we are not aware of, but can easily access |
Unconscious | Thoughts and ideas of which we are unaware and cannot access |
Psychoanalytic Theory | Focuses on the Unconscious, behaviors and thoughts are driven by unconscious forces, motives, and drives. Respond to external situations and the environment- reaction based upon unconscious wishes, dreams, desires, and defenses. |
Psychoanalyst Focus on the future, present, or past? | Past, they believe that behaviors are shaped by repressed childhood memories or experiences. |
Structural Theory of Personality Development- | Id, Ego, and Superego/ Personality Development is completed by 5 years |
Id | Basic instinctual drives i.e. libido, requires immediate gratification (infants), Pleasure Principle (acts to seek pleasure and avoid pain |
Ego | Need for immediate gratification is delayed, executive portion of the personality. Reality Principle (immediate gratification must be compromised for the realities of the environment). |
Superego | Part of the personality that acts out of need and considers the moral and ethical aspects of their behaviors- Conscience "should-nots" and Ego Ideal "shoulds" |
Psychosexual Stages of Development/ By Freud | Fixation-Stuck in a stage of development b/c needs are over or under gratified REGRESSION-Overly gratification at a specific stage that is frustrating-may lead to regression or falling back to a previous stage. Oedipus Complex (boys; phallic stage) |
The 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development- 1- ORAL STAGE | 0 - 1 1/2 yrs, experiences the world and gains pleasure from stimulation of her/his mouth |
The 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development- 2- ANAL STAGE | 1 1/2 - 3 yrs, Gains control anal sphincter and bowels |
The 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development- PHALLIC STAGE | 3-6 yrs, pleasure shifts from anus to genitals. |
The 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development- LATENCY STAGE | 6-12 yrs, focus on genitals and sexuality develops into more socially acceptable behaviors |
The 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development- Genital Stage | 12 yrs to Adulthood, learns to accept genitalia and begins to experience mature, adult-like sexual feelings |
Defense Mechanisms- Anna Freud | Ego feels that a thought or act may cause harm which produces anxiety- that sends off a defense mechanism |
Defense Mechanism Defined | Unconscious, irrational processes used by individuals to protect the Ego and minimize pain, anxiety or discomfort by distorting, hiding, or denying reality |
Defense Mechanism- DENIAL | Refusing to acknowledge or recognize the reality and implications of painful, anxiety provoking experiences |
Defense Mechanism- DISPLACEMENT | Shifting repressed feelings from where they originate to some other objective |
Object Relations Theory- Margaret Mahler | Theory focuses on the reciprocal relationship between a mother and her infant and its effect on the infant's development of sense of self. A person's sense of self impacts all subsequent interpersonal relationships. |
Mahler's 3 Stages of Development - AUTISTIC STAGE | Autistic Stage- NB to 1 mth focus on self and unresponsive to external stimuli. |
Mahler's 3 Stages of Development - SYMBIOTIC STAGE | Symbiotic -1-5 mths- Mother's ego functions for the infant and infant understands mother as a separate being. |
Mahler's 3 Stages of Development - SEPARATION-INDIVIDUATION STAGE | Differentiation- 5-9 mts outwardly focused; separate from caretaker crawling PRACTICING- 9-14 m Walking, playing RAPPROCHEMENT- 14-24 m wants to act independently OBJECT CONSTANCY- 24 m internalization mother still exits despite her absence Practicing0 |