Chapter 7: Psychodynamic Perspective

KEEP CALM because I'm a PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT Psychodynamic Freud Born: 1858-Jewish Died: 1939 (London) Ernst Brucke mechanism movement. (nat. ci explain behav. phys obj. & homan thought /behav. Vitalism: non-phys. (spir) force respon for life princ. of conservation of Energy. 23 dir. from Chem & Phop. Free assoc. prim evidence -psychoanalysis thoughts/images freely to mind 1900-Interpretation of Dreams EROS set of drives - survival, reproduction/pleasure, hunger, & pain avoidance. DRIVE of LIFE Energy of life instinct = Libido death. THANATOS: set of destructive force directing inev. toward Aggression stems from thwarting. death inst. Topographical mind: conc thought, feeling, behav. aware of in. pre con: not currently thinking. but pull from mem. W/ some eff. un con: not directly accessible. Structural pers: pers. 3 aspects Work w/ each other make complex human behav. Id, Ego, super Ego. ID: pleasure prine-unsocialized tuncon Primary process thinking Wish fulfillment Biological Ero and Thanatos instincts Need Instant gratification Stension prim process: mental image (Fantasy) "I" Ego: Psyc Reality Princ. Con, Precon, uncon Sec process thinking Reality testing. Time aware RATIONAL understard reality/can socialize (lean/adapt) delayed gratification Superego! Social Moral imperatives Con, Precon, uncon Conscience & ego ideal introjection; incorperate parents views. ego ideal rules for good behav. Standards of excellence. Conscience rules about bad behov. Parent not approved. Parent approved not conform: guilty. Super ego interrelatate goals: •prevent bad id impulse •force ego moral ego rationally • guide thought perfection not able to delay grat: 1 likely to smoke/drink in hs. shopping/sex addictions Cathexes: energy into something Ego cathexes: form / objects/activities ass. wl way of sat needs Catharsis: refere release of emot. tens. Energy out of Anti athesis: prevent cathexes being expressed LiRepression Repression uncon. Supression: con. Trop. = attempt not to think move thinking. Displacement: Uncon Taking out anger on someone/something irrelevent Change in where energy placed Sublimation: shift from Social unacc. action or praise worthy one driven by aggression + sex ↳ Soc. acc. aggression = boxing, hockey, football, etc. Defence Mech: Repression: central mech uncon. ↑ Supression: delib inhib event mind thoughts Denial deny existance of fact. Projection & project oun reg goal on another person Rationalization behav reinterpreted to seem acceptable/resemble Intellectualigations Think about that's analytically, emotionally detach from problem. Reaction Form. defends against expression by only sering opposite Identification: link symbolically ul someone wil missing quality. i borkow someone id Isolation: isolute event in mem / ischite emotion fim content of memlimpulse Displace ment Sublimation: Dreams: Marni fest content Symbolization: Expressed directly but symbolically dream agar of sublimation Dream work latent content disguised other than symbols to be T'acceptable to ego & superego.. Latent content: uncon thought, Aclings, wishes behind manifunt content. Assessments: Projective tests. use ambiguous stim for T india responses. projections Rorschach Ink blat TAT Insights to unconi Free ass (Bird, cat, boss, mom, etc) Dream interp. Transference ( ( in love w/ Courellov) Counter" (ther in love w/ petiont)