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25 Behavior 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hidden thoughts and desires that influence behavior | Unconscious mind |
| Founder of psychoanalysis who explored dreams and inner conflict | Sigmund Freud |
| Freud’s method of talking therapy to reveal unconscious thoughts | Psychoanalysis |
| Surface awareness of thoughts and experiences | Conscious mind |
| Memories that can be easily recalled | Preconscious mind |
| Repressed memories and instincts influencing actions | Unconscious mind |
| Part of personality seeking instant gratification and pleasure | Id |
| Part of personality balancing reality and desires | Ego |
| Part of personality serving as moral conscience | Superego |
| Guiding rule of the id that seeks pleasure without delay | Pleasure principle |
| Guiding rule of the ego that weighs consequences | Reality principle |
| Therapy goal of making unconscious material conscious | Insight |
| Accidental mistake in speech revealing inner thought | Freudian slip |
| Mental tactics used by the ego to reduce anxiety | Defense mechanisms |
| Blocking painful or unwanted thoughts from awareness | Repression |
| Refusing to accept unpleasant realities | Denial |
| Attributing one’s feelings or motives to others | Projection |
| Redirecting emotions toward a safer substitute target | Displacement |
| Channeling unacceptable impulses into creative or productive work | Sublimation |
| Returning to earlier behaviors under stress | Regression |
| Stage focused on feeding and trust (0–1 year) | Oral stage |
| Stage focused on toilet training and control (1–3 years) | Anal stage |
| Personality type characterized by orderliness and perfectionism | Anal-retentive |
| Stage involving gender identity and attraction to the opposite-sex parent | Phallic stage |
| Boy’s attraction to mother and rivalry with father | Oedipus complex |
| Girl’s attraction to father and rivalry with mother | Electra complex |
| Stage of social and intellectual development (6–puberty) | Latency stage |
| Stage of mature love and work balance (puberty onward) | Genital stage |
| Dreams as the “royal road to the unconscious” | Dream theory |
| Hidden symbolic meaning behind dream content | Latent content |
| Freud’s concept of life-preserving and creative energy | Libido |
| Energy directed toward love, creativity, and survival | Eros |
| Technique in therapy where the patient says whatever comes to mind | Free association |