Freud
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- Created on: 24-11-13 12:14
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- Freud
- The model of Consciousness
- Conscious- we eat when we are hungry
- Preconscious- dreams memory's
- Unconscious- you are unaware of these feelings.
- Psychoanalysis
- Techniques used to gain access to the unconscious mind
- Analysis of the mind
- Structure of the personality
- Ego- operates on the reality principle- as you become socialised, your ego develops (1-2yrs). The ego maintains balance between the id and the superego by planning & problem solving
- Id- operates on the pleasure priciple. You are born with a mass of pleasure seeking desires.
- Superego- the social norms and morals of parents and society are internalised.
- Ego defence mechanisms
- These help the ego keep the id and superego balanced.
- Displacement- redirect feelings towards one object onto another object.
- Denial- completely reject painful thoughts or feelings
- Repression- push information out of consciousness. Expressed through dreams or neurotic behaviours
- The stages of psychosexual development
- Oral Stage
- Libido is focused on the mouth.
- Weaning is the task that must be completed by the parents and the child.
- Phallic Stage
- Pleasure is focused on the genitals.
- The task children must successfully resolve the Oedipus complex.
- Latency Stage 5yrs to puberty
- Sexual feelings suppressed to allow children to focus their energy on other aspects of life.
- Oral Stage
- Oedipus Complex
- The young boy experiences an unconscious sexual desire for his mother and sees his father as a rival. He resolves this conflict by identifying with his father.
- The model of Consciousness
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