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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
o Reaction formation: The unacceptable impulse is repressed and
the
opposite is developed. Example moral outrage.
o Projection: one believes that whatever impulse they are
unconsciously
repressing is present in those around them
o Displacement: The impulse is redirected towards another
object
o 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
o Isolation: The person avoids thinking about the conflict
o Rationalization: attributing plausible but inaccurate motives
for an
action.
o Intellectualization: excessive distorted explanations
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Function of each
See above
Male and female superego development
Male: Oedipal conflict during the phallic stage of development:
fear ofcastration
o Repression causes fear
o Resolution the boy gives up the conflict and decides to become
like his
father
o The stronger the fear of castration the stronger the
superego
Female: Electra complex during the phallic stage of
development
o Thinks that she has already been castrated
o Penis envy
o 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
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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 Man will act moody
o Woman will be preoccupied with power
Anima is male
o Repressed feminine traits
o Inner woman
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Archetypes
o Psychic instincts that are similar in all people and tells use
how to viewthe world
o Could be determined by culture and not genetics
o Shadow & animus/anima?
o The great mother
o The spiritual father
o The hero
o The trickster ( less violent form of crime?)
o Mandala (wholeness)
o Transformation (bridges) psychological development
o
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
