Concepts to study for Quiz 1 Freuds Structure of Personality The Id the Ego and the supper ego

Function of each Id: instinctive impulses and desires Ego: perceive reality, controls the ID, defend against anxiety Superego: is the moral structure of society controls guilt and moral compliancy

Energy source of the personality according to Freud Libido

Freuds Defense Mechanisms The egos way of resolving intra psychic conflict caused by a desire of the ID that is unacceptable to the superego o Denial: is a primitive defense mechanism in which the conflict is not acknowledged Reaction formation: The unacceptable impulse is repressed and the opposite is developed. Example moral outrage. Projection: one believes that whatever impulse they are unconsciously repressing is present in those around them Displacement: The impulse is redirected towards another object Identification: merging or borrowing of someone elses identity. Is a defense mechanism against because one can avoid facing ones own flaws by trying to emulate some whom they think is ideal. Father & sons mother & daughter Isolation: The person avoids thinking about the conflict Rationalization: attributing plausible but inaccurate motives for an action. Intellectualization: excessive distorted explanations

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Male and female superego development Male: Oedipal conflict during the phallic stage of development: fear of castration o o Repression causes fear Resolution the boy gives up the conflict and decides to become like his father The stronger the fear of castration the stronger the superego

Female: Electra complex during the phallic stage of development o o o Thinks that she has already been castrated Penis envy Was though that women had weaker superegos because there was no castration anxiety to fuel it development

Freuds criterion of mental health love and work

Freuds concept of true motivation Recovered memories Can be false as a result of suggestion or may be metaphors for something else

Definition and function of the unconscious Those processes that the person is unaware of

Jungs concept of the Self Ebb and flow of tide The unconscious and conscious balance

Individuation The process of restoring wholeness to the psyche during adult development

Shortcoming or issues that are ignore are corrected later in life You are not an individual if you are a projection of other peoples ideas about you o Example marlin Monroe was trapped in the role of a sex symbol

Jungs center of personality The midpoint between the ego and unconscious

Persona The aspect of personality that adapts to the world Social image and how we are perceived by others? Well established by young adulthood Is conscious

Shadow o Gatekeeper of the unconscious

Aspects of the psyche that are rejected from consciousness by the ego because it is inconsistent to the self-image o Example: Dorian Gray we show our persona to the world we hide our shadow in the attic.

Animus/anima Animus is female o Inner man

Possession is when the unconscious controls behavior o o Man will act moody Woman will be preoccupied with power

Anima is male o o Repressed feminine traits Inner woman

Archetypes o Psychic instincts that are similar in all people and tells use how to view the world Could be determined by culture and not genetics Shadow & animus/anima? The great mother The spiritual father The hero The trickster ( less violent form of crime?) Mandala (wholeness) Transformation (bridges) psychological development

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Jungs concept of transformation Function of religion, mythology and ritual o Myth: safe way to confront fears and strengthen the ego

Personal unconscious Collective unconscious Extrvertion/Introversion