Human Development, Diversity and Behavior Flashcards Preview

LCSW > Human Development, Diversity and Behavior > Flashcards

Flashcards in Human Development, Diversity and Behavior Deck (87)
Loading flashcards...
1
Q

Sigmund Freud

A

Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality

2
Q

According to Freud, what are the three levels of consciousness? Describe them.

A

Conscious: Mental activities of which we are fully aware Preconscious: feelings thoughts and ideas of which we are not fully aware but can bring to awareness fairly easily
Unconscious: feelings, thoughts, memories and desires of which we are unaware.

3
Q

What does psychoanalytic treatment focus on?

A

Bringing the repressed thoughts/experiences into consciousness, helping the patient become aware of the origin, assisting client in verbally reliving the original situation, helping the client work through the problem in a constructive way.

4
Q

What are two of Freud’s methods for psychoanalysis?

A
  • free association

- dream interpretation

5
Q

According to Freud, what are the two motivating instincts?

A
Life Instinct (constructive, altruistic and loving acts)
Death instinct (destructive, hateful and aggressive acts)
6
Q

What are the three components of personality according to Freud?

A

id, ego and superego

7
Q

Describe the “id”

A

Only part of personality present at birth. Unconscious and inherited. Newborn seen as “id” only and has only a desire to satisfy it’s needs for sustenance.

8
Q

Describe the Ego

A

Develops from the id. Development is intertwined with psychosexual development of the child. Ego gives a person the power to go beyond holding an image of the need gratifying object and actually getting needs met. Ego has defenses designed to keep anxiety at a manageable level.

9
Q

Describe the Superego

A

Arises out of the ego. Capacity to develop an internal value system and feel good when they live in harmony with these values and bad when they do not. Development arises out of the psychosexual development. Eventually takes over position of parents.

10
Q

What is Freud’s theory of psychosexual development?

A

Pathology occurs when there is a failure to negotiate one of the psychosexual stages. Under gratification or over gratification can lead to fixation.

11
Q

Explain Stage One of Freud’s psychosexual stages of development.

A

Oral Stage

  • Birth to age 1
  • Focus on sucking because of infant’s need to take in nourishment and breathe
  • Infant uses mouth as means of investigating the world
  • this stage represents the child’s initial ability to distinguish between self and others
12
Q

Explain Stage 2 of Freud’s stages of psychosexual development

A

Anal Stage

  • 2 to 3 years of age
  • much attention is focused on teaching the child to control bowel and urinary functions
13
Q

Describe Stage Three of Freud’s psychosexual development.

A

Phallic Stage

  • 3 to 6 years of age
  • child begins to associate pleasure derived from self stimulation with a love object
  • oedipus and electra complexes can occur if this stage is not resolved
  • superego develops out of the ego in the process of the child repressing sexual feelings for the opposite sex parent and identifying with the same sex parent
14
Q

Describe Stage 4 of Freud’s stages of psychosocial development.

A

Latency Period

  • Ages 6 to 11
  • defensive rejection of sex
  • sexual feelings are kept at bay by the child focusing on work and play with children of the same sex
15
Q

Describe Stage 5 of Freud’s stages of psychosexual development.

A

Genital Stage

  • ages 12 and up
  • stage is initiated by the development of primary and secondary sex characteristics
  • child’s focus turns to members of the opposite sex in normal development
  • intercourse with a member of the opposite sex becomes the primary erotic activity
16
Q

Alfred Adler

A

Individual Psychology

17
Q

Adler states that humans have a basic drive towards __________.

A

Self Actualization

18
Q

Adler states that _________ of a child has a significant impact on personality.

A

Birth Order

19
Q

John B Watson

A

Behaviorism

20
Q

What was Watson’s famous experiment?

A

“Little Albert”

Watson conditioned a child using behavioral techniques to fear a white rat and then generalized the fear to a white rabbit. Conclusion was that the child had no fear of either until he was conditioned and therefore, parents could shape the behavior of their children through conditioning.

21
Q

Ivan Pavlov

A

Classical or Respondent Conditioning

22
Q

What is the difference between an unconditioned response and conditioned response?

A

Unconditioned is an innate response (ie. a dog salivating over food) and conditioned is learned (ie. a dog salivating over a bell being rung)

23
Q

Jean Piaget

A

Cognitive Development

24
Q

What is stage one of Piaget’s cognitive development?

A

Sensorimotor: Birth through 2 year: Precursor to intelligence. By two years toddlers can purposely combine their actions.

25
Q

What is stage two of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

A

Preoperational: Age 2 to 7: Children master independently acquired skills. Children are able to form mental representation of objects and imagine actions related to them.

26
Q

What is stage three of Piagets stages of development?

A

Concrete Operations: Age 7 to 11: Children are capable of logical thinking.

27
Q

What is stage four of Piaget’s theory of development?

A

Formal Operations: Age 11 and up: Children can reason abstractly - may not ever reach this stage.

28
Q

Leo Vigotsky

A

Child Development - Believes that children learn best in in supportive environments where they can identify what needs to be done rather than having someone tell them.

29
Q

Kurt Lewin

A

Social Psychology

30
Q

What is Lewin’s Equation for Behavior?

A

Acknowledges that both nature and nurture interact in the shaping of individuals.

31
Q

Anna Freud

A

Defense Mechanisms

32
Q

Compensation (defense mechanism)

A

seeking success in one area of life as a substitute for success in another area of life that has been limited because of barriers.

33
Q

Conversion (defense mechanism)

A

transformation of anxiety into a physical dysfunction, such as paralysis or blindness, which does not have a psychological basis

34
Q

Denial (defense mechanism)

A

refusal to acknowledge an aspect of reality, including one’s experience

35
Q

Displacement (defense mechanism)

A

shifting of negative feelings one has about a person or situation to another person or situation

36
Q

Identification (defense mechanism)

A

mechanism by which anxiety is handled through identifying with the person or thing producing the anxiety (ie. a kidnapper)

37
Q

Isolation of Affect (defense mechanism)

A

painful feelings are separated from the incident that triggered them initially

38
Q

Intellectualization (defense mechanism)

A

reasoning is used to block difficult feelings

39
Q

Projection (defense mechanism)

A

ones own negative characteristics are denied and instead seen as being characteristics of someone else

40
Q

rationalization (defense mechanism)

A

mechanism by which a person substitutes a more socially acceptable logical reason for action rather than identifying the real motivation

41
Q

Reaction Formation (defense mechanism)

A

adopting a behavior that is the antithesis of the instinctual urge (ie. bigot closeted gay politicians)

42
Q

regression (defense mechanism)

A

reverting to more primitive modes of coping associated with earlier and safer developmental periods

43
Q

repression (defense mechanism)

A

unconscious pushing of anxiety producing thoughts and issues out of the conscious and into the unconscious

44
Q

sublimation (defense mechanism)

A

intolerable drives are diverted to more acceptable activities

45
Q

Substitution (defense mechanism)

A

person replaces an unacceptable goal with an acceptable one

46
Q

Undoing (defense mechanism)

A

individual engages in repetitious ritual in an attempt to reverse an unacceptable action previously taken

47
Q

Acting out (defense mechanism)

A

deal with emotional conflict or stress by exhibiting an observable behavior rather than feeling or reflecting

48
Q

Affiliation (defense mechanism)

A

individual shares with others his or her emotional conflict or stress for the purpose of eliciting support rather than for the purpose of trying to place responsibility on someone else

49
Q

aim inhibition (defense mechanism)

A

individual accepts modified fulfillment of goals or desires

50
Q

Altruism (defense mechanism)

A

deals with emotional conflict or stress by dedicating his or her life to meeting the needs of others and thereby receiving vicarious gratification

51
Q

anticipation (defense mechanism)

A

individual deals with anxiety by “practicing” his or her emotional responses or solutions

52
Q

fantasy (defense mechanism)

A

daydreaming excessively as a substitute for real action

53
Q

avoidance (defense mechanism)

A

refusal to participate in activities or encounter situations that represent unconscious, aggressive or sexual impulses and possible punishment for those impulses.

54
Q

devaluation (defense mechanism)

A

individual deals with emotional conflict by attributing negative qualities to him or herself or others

55
Q

Help Rejecting Complaining (defense mechanism)

A

mechanism by which an individual deals with emotional conflict by asking for help and then rejecting the help that is given

56
Q

Identification (defense mechanism)

A

unconscious and conscious modelling of another person’s behavior or style

57
Q

introjection (defense mechanism)

A

unconsciously incorporating ideas, attributes or mental images into ones own personality

58
Q

Isolation (defense mechanism)

A

individual who is able to split off emotional components from thoughts and experiences (ie. flight attendant remains calm during crisis and then breaks down afterwards). Common in OCD.

59
Q

Omnipotence (defense mechanism)

A

dealing with emotional stress by feeling or acting in a superior manner

60
Q

somatization (defense mechanism)

A

individual experiences physical symptoms

61
Q

suppression (defense mechanism)

A

conscious intentional exclusion of something from your consciousness

62
Q

symbolization (defense mechanism)

A

turning conflicts into symbols can be viewed as displacements of deeper desires. ie. interpreting a dream as a symbol of deeper feeling or desire

63
Q

Abraham Maslow

A

Hierarchy of Needs

64
Q

What are Maslow’s hierarchy of needs from bottom to top?

A
  • physiological needs
  • safety needs
  • love and belonging
  • esteem needs
  • self actualization
65
Q

What percent of the population ever reaches self actualization?

A

1-2%

66
Q

Rene Spitz

A

Attachement

67
Q

What is anaclitic depression?

A

Also known as hospitalism, depression in a child that occurs when they have had a stable caring caretaker and then suddenly don’t.

68
Q

Erik Erikson

A

Ego Psychology

69
Q

What is the main difference between Erikson’s beliefs and Freuds?

A

Erikson believed that ego development continues into adulthood.

70
Q

What is the stage of Erikson’s psychosocial stages that occurs at birth through 1?

A

Trust v. Mistrust

71
Q

What is the stage of Erikson’s psychosocial stages that occurs at age 2 to 3?

A

Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt

72
Q

What is the stage of Erikson’s psychosocial stages that occurs at age 3 to 5?

A

Initiative v. Guilt

73
Q

What is the stage of Erikson’s psychosocial stages that occurs at age 6 through 11?

A

Industry v. inferiority

74
Q

What is the stage of Erikson’s psychosocial stages that occurs at age 12 through 18?

A

Identity v. identity diffusion/confusion

75
Q

What is the stage of Erikson’s psychosocial stages that occurs at age 19 through 30s?

A

Intimacy v. isolation

76
Q

What is the stage of Erikson’s psychosocial stages that occurs at age 30s through 50s?

A

Generativity v stagnation

77
Q

What is the stage of Erikson’s psychosocial stages that occurs at age 60s and up?

A

Integrity v. despair

78
Q

Margaret Mahler

A

Separation Individuation Process

79
Q

Malher’s work is based on what concept?

A

Object relations, process by which the infant struggles to differentiate between self and non-self.

80
Q

What are the three stages of Mahler’s developmental theory?

A

Stage 1: Normal Autism ( birth through 1 month) - later abandoned
Stage 2: Symbiosis or Normal Symbiotic (1 to 4 months)
Stage 3: Separation Individuation (1 to 4 months through 36 months)

81
Q

What are the 4 stages of Separation Individuation?

A
  • hatching (4 to 8 months)
  • practicing (8 to 15 months)
  • rapprochement (15 to 24 months)
  • achievement of individuality (24 to 36 months)
82
Q

Skinner

A

Operant Conditioning

83
Q

Kohlberg

A

Moral Development

84
Q

Bowlby

A

Attachment Theory

85
Q

When do babies typically exhibit stranger anxiety?

A

8 months

86
Q

What does Bowlby think are the four distinguishing characteristics of attachment?

A
  • proximity maintenance
  • safe haven
  • secure base
  • separation distress
87
Q

What are the four factors of the Person in Environment (PIE) system?

A

Factor I: social functioning
Factor II: environmental problems
Factor III: mental health problems
Factor IV: physical health problems