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What is the primary motivation behind the concept of identification?
What is the primary motivation behind the concept of identification?
Which of the following is an example of identification in action?
Which of the following is an example of identification in action?
What is the primary outcome of identification in terms of behavior?
What is the primary outcome of identification in terms of behavior?
In the context of identification, what is the role of the individual?
In the context of identification, what is the role of the individual?
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What is the relationship between identification and social influence?
What is the relationship between identification and social influence?
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Which of the following is a potential consequence of excessive identification?
Which of the following is a potential consequence of excessive identification?
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What does repression do to anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, and memories?
What does repression do to anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, and memories?
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What is the main function of denial?
What is the main function of denial?
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Which defense mechanism is characterized by refusing to acknowledge an unpleasant reality?
Which defense mechanism is characterized by refusing to acknowledge an unpleasant reality?
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What is the common goal of repression and denial?
What is the common goal of repression and denial?
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Where do repressed thoughts, feelings, and memories reside?
Where do repressed thoughts, feelings, and memories reside?
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Sigmund Freud
- Born Sigismund Schlomo Freud on 6 May 1856 and died on 23 September 1939
- Austrian psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology
Consciousness and the Mind
- Preconscious: everything that can, with a little effort, be brought into consciousness
- Unconscious: inaccessible warehouse of anxiety-producing thoughts and drives
The Structural Model of Personality
- Id: instinctual drives present at birth, does not distinguish between reality and fantasy, operates according to the pleasure principle
- Ego: mediates between the id and reality
- Superego: the moral principle, internalization of society's and parental moral standards
Common Freudian Concepts
- Electra Complex: girls also have feelings for their dad and compete with their mother
- Defense Mechanisms: unconscious mental processes employed by the ego to reduce anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
- Identification: the desire to become "like" someone or something in some aspect of thought or behavior
Literary Texts and Psychoanalysis
- Literary texts, like dreams, express the secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the author.
- A literary work is a manifestation of the author's own neuroses.
- Characters in a literary work are assumed to be projections of the author's psyche.
Slips of the Tongue
- Slips of the tongue are accidentally saying something that reveals one's unconscious desires or wishes.
- These slips reveal the wishes and desires of the unconscious ID.
Freud's View of the Mind
- The conscious mind consists of all things we are aware of at any given moment.
- The superego is the moral principle that internalizes society's and parental moral standards.
Common Freudian Concepts
- Repression: a defense mechanism that puts anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, and memories into the unconscious mind.
- Denial: a defense mechanism that lets an anxious person refuse to admit that something unpleasant is happening.
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Learn about the life and contributions of Sigmund Freud, the Austrian psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. This quiz covers his life, theories, and impact on psychology.
