Sigmund Freud

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  • Psychoanalysis - a collection of psychological theories and therapeutic practices
  • Psychoanalysis - based on the concept that everyone possesses unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories
  • Psychoanalysis Treatment - is used to alleviate suppressed emotions and experiences
  • Personality -are stable patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion that distinguishes one person from another
  • What are three personalities of a human being?
    Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Cognitive
  • Psychodynamic - an approach to the personality that emphasizes the unconscious process - from unconscious drives and conflicts
  • Humanistic - emphasizes human ability, growth, potential, and free will - the human capacity given their own choices
  • Cognitive - focuses on an individual's thought that determine his/her actions behavior or its personality
  • What are Drives and Instincts?
    Eros, Libido, Thanatos
  • Eros - the life instinct drives people towards sexual, life-giving, and creative acts
  • Libido - the pleasure instinct, seeking pleasure in general that drives an individual
  • Thanatos - the death instinct, drives people towards agressive and destructive behaviors
  • What are components of personality?
    ID, Ego, Superego
  • Id - the part of one's nature that reflects basic or innate desires
  • Ego - the balance or mediating force between the id and the superego
  • Superego - the part of a person's nature that reflects moral and ethical concepts
  • Psychosexual Human Development Theory - stated that personality development in childhood takes place during five psychosexual stages
  • What are the FIVE psychosexual stages?
    Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital
  • Oral Stage - during this stage, a baby finds great pleasure in activities like sucking, biting, breastfeeding, and chewing
  • What is the erogenous zone of the oral stage?
    Mouth
  • What are the two oral fixation?
    Oral Aggressive, Oral Receptive
  • Anal Stage - during this stage, the baby finds great pleasure from controlling their bowel movements
  • Anal Stage - this stage is often highlighted by potty training, where parents set rules about when and where the child can defecate
  • What is the erogenous zone of the anal stage?
    Anus
  • What are anal fixation?
    Anal Retentive, Anal Expulsive
  • Phallic Stage - a child's focus shifts to their genitals as a source of pleasure
  • Phallic Stage - involves complex emotions, including attaction and rivalry
  • What is the erogenous zone of the phallic stage?
    Genitals
  • What are the phallic fixation?
    Oedipus Complex, Electra Complex
  • Oedipus Complex - describes a boy's unconscious desire for his mother and rivalry with his father
  • Electra Complex - involves a girl's feelings of competition with her mother for her father's affection
  • Latency Stage - the child continues his or her development but sexual urges are relatively quiet
  • Latency Stage - in this stage, the child begins to make connections to siblings, other children, and adults
  • What is the erogenous zone of latency stage?
    Dormant Sexual Feeling
  • Genital Stage - individuals start to become sexually mature and begin to explore their sexual feelings and desires more maturely
  • What is the erogenous zone of genital stage?
    Sexual Interest Mature
  • Person - individuals are shaped by conscious and unconscious processes, including past experiences
  • Environment - impacts behavior and mental states, including social and familial influences
  • Nursing - understanding the unconscious mind is key to understanding behavior and emotional responses
  • Health - a dynamic balance between different aspects of the self