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Psychoanalytic Theory

Psychoanalytic Theory . Basic Freudian Propositions. Levels of Consciousness. Conscious - current awareness Preconscious - not aware of material but it’s retrievable Unconscious - not aware of material but it’s not retrievable. Personality and Psychoanalysis.

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Psychoanalytic Theory

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  1. Psychoanalytic Theory Basic Freudian Propositions

  2. Levels of Consciousness Conscious - current awareness Preconscious - not aware of material but it’s retrievable Unconscious - not aware of material but it’s notretrievable

  3. Personality and Psychoanalysis Techniques for Revealing the Unconscious • Free Association • Dream Analysis • Projective Techniques • Recovered Memories

  4. The Structure of Personality ID EGO SUPEREGO

  5. The Structure of Personality The Id – Reservoir of Psychic Energy • Most primitive part of the mind; what we are born with • Source of all drives and urges • Operates according to the pleasure principle and primary process thinking

  6. The Structure of Personality The Ego- Executive of Personality • The part of the mind that constrains the id to reality • Develops around 2-3 years of age • Operates according to the reality principle and secondary process thinking • Mediates between id, superego, and environment

  7. The Structure of Personality The Superego- Upholder of Values and Ideals • The part of the mind that internalizes the values, morals, and ideals of society • Develops around age 5 • Not bound by reality

  8. Psychodynamics • Conflict model • Id vs. superego; Individual vs. society • Restrain expression of all drives • Surplus energy results in anxiety

  9. Defense Mechanisms • Unconscious psychological processes designed to avoid or reduce the conscious experience of anxiety

  10. Anxiety and the Mechanisms of Defense Repression • Unconscious • Motivated • Forgetting The process of preventing unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or urges from reaching conscious awareness

  11. Anxiety and the Mechanisms of Defense Denial • Unconscious • Motivated • Not Perceiving Perceptual Defense Research

  12. Anxiety and the Mechanisms of Defense Other Defense Mechanisms • Reaction Formation • Act opposite of impulse • Projection • Make impulse external

  13. Anxiety and the Mechanisms of Defense Other Defense Mechanisms • Isolation/Intellectualization • Isolate emotional reaction • Process abstractly

  14. Anxiety and the Mechanisms of Defense Other Defense Mechanisms Displacement Channel impulse to non-threatening target Sublimation Channel impulse into socially desired activity

  15. Anxiety and the Mechanisms of Defense Defense Mechanisms in Everyday Life • Useful in coping with unexpected or disappointing events • Can also make circumstances worse

  16. Personality and Psychoanalysis • Making the Unconscious Conscious • Techniques for Revealing the Unconscious • The Process of Psychoanalysis

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