psychodynamic

• What is a key assumption about mental activity?

  Not all mental activity is consciously accessible
• How does subconscious mental activity influence behavior?

  It is a key determinant of how we behave
• What innate factor motivates behavior?

  Innate "drive"
• What are the three components of personality?

  ID, ego, super-ego
• Why is childhood important in personality development?

  It influences adulthood behavior
• How can mental illness be treated according to psychodynamic theory?

  By resolving latent unconscious conflict
• What does the unconscious mind contain?

  Innate desires, drives, and traumatic memories
• What role does the unconscious mind play in behavior?

  It is a motivating force behind behavior
• How does the unconscious protect the conscious self?

  Through defense mechanisms like repression
• What can unresolved conflict during psychosexual development lead to?

  Influence on adult behavior and personality
• How can unconscious activity be brought to conscious awareness?

  Through techniques like free association
• When does the tripartite structure of personality develop?

  During the first 6/7 years of life
• What does it mean that mental components are dynamic?

  They are fluid, flexible, and in motion
• How do childhood experiences influence personality development?

  They shape the formation of personality aspects
• What is the ID's primary function?

  To seek pleasure and avoid displeasure
• How does the ID operate?

  Unconsciously and irrationally
• What principle does the ID operate on?

  The pleasure principle
• When does the ego develop?

  Between 2-4 years during the anal stage
• What is the role of the ego?

  To balance conflicting demands of ID and super-ego
• What principle does the ego operate on?

  The reality principle
• When does the super-ego develop?

  Around 5 years during the phallic stage
• What does the super-ego concern itself with?

  Adhering to moral norms
• What does the super-ego do when the ego gives into the ID?

  Punishes the ego with guilt and shame
• What are defense mechanisms?

  Unconscious processes to protect the ego
• What is denial in terms of defense mechanisms?

  Refusal to accept reality
• What is repression?

  Preventing disturbing thoughts from becoming conscious
• What is displacement?

  Transferring negative feelings to a substitute
• How many psychosexual stages of development are there?

  Five stages
• What happens if there is over/under indulgence in a psychosexual stage?

  It results in fixation
• What does fixation refer to?

  Investing libido in a stage of development
• What is the focus of the oral stage?

  The baby's mouth
• What conflict arises during the oral stage?

  Weaning from breast/bottle to solid food
• What can oral stimulation lead to in later life?

  An oral fixation
• What behaviors are associated with oral personalities?

  Smoking, nail biting, thumb sucking
• What is the focus of the anal stage?

  The anus
• What conflict arises during the anal stage?

  Potty training conflicts with authority
• What can harsh potty training lead to?

  Anal-retentive personality traits
• What characterizes an anal-retentive personality?

  Obsessively tidy and punctual
• What characterizes an anal-expulsive personality?

  Messy and disorganized behavior
• What is the focus of the phallic stage?

  The genitals