Psyc 305 Exam #1 Study Guide
PSYC 305 Exam #1 Study Guide
Defense Mechanisms: help ego deal with anxiety
(Ego cannot handle the conflicts between ID and superego.)
* Rationalism: plausible, but false reason for action * “I needed to break up with my boyfriend for his own good.”
* Sublimation: socially productive displacement * “I’ll just go to the gym.”
* Projection: ascribing own impulses to others * “He hates me.”
* Denial: refusal to acknowledge the impulse * “I don’t hate my ex.”
* Intellectualization: clear, undistorted recognition of impulse over explained and with emotion removed * “I always have trouble with relationships”
* Repression: impulses or experiences kept unconscious * “I feel nothing towards him.”
* Isolation: cutting off thoughts related to occurrence * “I never think about him.”
* Identification: merging ones identity with someone else * “I want to be just like that bully.”
* Reaction Formation: transform impulse to the opposite * “I love my father so much.” (LOVE/HATE)
* Displacement: impulses toward another activity * “What a bad day, I hate my boss and my job, punch hole in wall.”
Freud’s Psychosexual Stages
(oral – anal – phallic – latency - Genital)
* Oral * Birth to age 1 * Focus on mouth and feeding * All ID, all the time * From passive > active * Oral fixation * Passive, overly optimistic, dependent * “Experiencing through the mouth” * Traits: passive dependent, oral aggressive, oral erotic * Anal * Sphincter muscle * Age 1 - 3 * Experiencing through elimination and retention * Excreting – toilet training, ego development * Anal fixation – orderliness, parsimony and simplicity, obstinacy and stubbornness * Traits: passive aggressive, paranoid, compulsive, messy/disorganized, stubborn/stingy * Phallic * Age 3 – 5 * Focus on genitals and masturbation * Successful passage leads
Defense Mechanisms: help ego deal with anxiety
(Ego cannot handle the conflicts between ID and superego.)
* Rationalism: plausible, but false reason for action * “I needed to break up with my boyfriend for his own good.”
* Sublimation: socially productive displacement * “I’ll just go to the gym.”
* Projection: ascribing own impulses to others * “He hates me.”
* Denial: refusal to acknowledge the impulse * “I don’t hate my ex.”
* Intellectualization: clear, undistorted recognition of impulse over explained and with emotion removed * “I always have trouble with relationships”
* Repression: impulses or experiences kept unconscious * “I feel nothing towards him.”
* Isolation: cutting off thoughts related to occurrence * “I never think about him.”
* Identification: merging ones identity with someone else * “I want to be just like that bully.”
* Reaction Formation: transform impulse to the opposite * “I love my father so much.” (LOVE/HATE)
* Displacement: impulses toward another activity * “What a bad day, I hate my boss and my job, punch hole in wall.”
Freud’s Psychosexual Stages
(oral – anal – phallic – latency - Genital)
* Oral * Birth to age 1 * Focus on mouth and feeding * All ID, all the time * From passive > active * Oral fixation * Passive, overly optimistic, dependent * “Experiencing through the mouth” * Traits: passive dependent, oral aggressive, oral erotic * Anal * Sphincter muscle * Age 1 - 3 * Experiencing through elimination and retention * Excreting – toilet training, ego development * Anal fixation – orderliness, parsimony and simplicity, obstinacy and stubbornness * Traits: passive aggressive, paranoid, compulsive, messy/disorganized, stubborn/stingy * Phallic * Age 3 – 5 * Focus on genitals and masturbation * Successful passage leads