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1
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______: a disorder that consists of a variety of physical symptoms

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Hysteria

2
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Patients would describe previously hidden material that seemed related to the causes and cure of their hysterical symptoms in Freud’s technique known as ___ _______

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Free Association

3
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The division of human personality into three components: the conscious, preconscious, and the unconscious is known as what?

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Topographic Model:

4
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What are the 3 components of the topographic model?

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Conscious, Preconscious, and Unconscieous

5
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The ______ contains the thoughts you are currently aware of

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Conscious

6
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The ________ is the large body of information that can readily be brought into the conscious

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Preconscious

7
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The _________ is the vast majority of thoughts that you have but have no immediate access to

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Unconsciousness

8
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According to Freud the _________ is responsible for much of your everyday behaviour

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unconscious

9
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The Structural Model consists of the __, __, and __

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id; ego; superego

10
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At birth there is only one personality structure , the __?

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id

11
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The __ is the selfish part of you, concerned with only satisfying your personal desires

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id

12
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What two components do the id use?

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Wishful fulfilment; and the pleasure principle

13
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Is the id completely unconscious or conscious?

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unconscious

14
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The ___ is based on the reality principle: the primary job of the ego is to satisfy id impulses, but considers the realities of the world

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ego

15
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Your ego moves freely between the unconscious, preconscious and conscious? True or False?

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True

16
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The ____ represents society’s and parents values and standards

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Superego

17
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The primary weapon that the superego brings and utilises is _____

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guilt

18
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____ ____: an ever-present feeling of shame and guilt-for failing to reach standards no human can meet

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Moral Anxiety

19
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Freud stated that human behaviour is motivated by strong internal forces called _____

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Treibe

20
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Freud Identified _____ (the life or sexual instinct) and _____ (and the death or aggressive behaviour) as the two major Treibes

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Libido; Thanatos

21
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______ Anxiety: the vague feelings of anxiety cause by sensations that are unacceptable unconscious thoughts

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Neurotic

22
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The ____ uses defence mechanisms to deal with unwanted thoughts and desires

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ego

23
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The active effort by the ego to push threatening material out of consciousness or to keep that material from ever reaching consciousness is known as ?

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Repression

24
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The ego channels threatening unconscious impulses into socially acceptable action, this is known as ?

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Sublimation

25
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_______ involves channelling our impulses to non-threatening objects

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Displacement

26
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We use the defence mechanisms of _____ when we refuse to accept that certain facts exist

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denial

27
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We use _____ ______ when we hide from a threatening unconscious idea or urge by acting in a manner opposite to the unconscious desire

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reaction formation

28
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Attributing an unconscious impulse to other people instead of ourselves is known as ?

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Projection

29
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Children that have a difficult time moving through a particular psychosexual stage become ______, or the tying up of psychic energy

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fixated

30
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Name the psychosexual stages

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Oral; Anal; Phallic; Latency; Genital

31
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When does the Oedipus complex form?

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The Phallic stage

32
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What defines mechanism might be used when children identify with their same sex parent?

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Reaction Formation

33
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______ content (what the dreamer sees and remembers) ______ content (what is really being said)

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Manifest ; Latent

34
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______ Tests: present test takes with ambiguous stimuli and asks them to respond by identifying objects, telling a story, or perhaps drawing a picture

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Projective

35
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The primary goal of _________ is to bring crucial unconscious material into consciousness where it can be examined in a more rational manner

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Psychoanalysis

36
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______ Tests present individuals with ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots or vague pictures

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Projective

37
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The ______ inkblot test, Thematic Apperception Test and Human Figure Drawing tests are all types of what tests?

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Rorshach; Projective

38
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Objects and people in our dreams are thought to be _____

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symbols

39
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Men make up ____of the characters in women’s dreams and ____ of the characters in men’s dreams

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50% ; 65%

40
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The unconscious conflict surfaces in the dream at night but is expressed in the form of ______ during the day

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anxiety

41
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____ sleep is sometimes called paradoxical sleep

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REM

42
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________ is the cornerstone of psychoanalysis

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Repression

43
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The defence mechanism of ________ is used to associated themselves with powerful and successful individuals

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Identification

44
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______ consists of disavowing certain facts, from failure to see reality to distorting one’s memory

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Denial

45
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The only defence mechanism that children have is _____

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denial

46
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______: tension reduction (to release this tension or anxiety)

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Catharsis

47
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__________ Theory: hypnotised people experience a division of their consciousness; one part becomes an altered state, the other stays fully aware

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Neodissociation

48
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What are the three variables and one trait that predict how responsive an individual is to hypnotic suggestion?

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Expectancy, motivation, attitude; Absorption

49
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Who was the first member of the psychoanalytic group to break with Freud?

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Alfred Adler

50
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What was the name of Alfred Adler’s new psychological branch?

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Individual Psychology

51
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According to Adler, Striving for superiority begins with feelings of _________

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inferiority

52
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A high level of _______ can result in an inferiority complex: a belief that an individual has that they are vastly inferior to everyone else

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inferiority

53
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What were the two negative parental behaviours Adler identified?

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Pampering and Neglect

54
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Adler believed that Birth _____ influenced personality development

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Order

55
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Carl Jung Identified the ________ ________ : consists of thoughts and images that are difficult to bring into awareness

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Collective Unconscious

56
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The collective unconscious is made up of ______ images

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primordial

57
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Primordial images are collective referred to as ______

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archetypes

58
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The ____ is the feminine side of the male; the _____ is the masculine side of the female

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anima; animus

59
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What is the name of Jung’s unconscious that essentially contains our negativity ?

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The Shadow

60
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What has Eriksons approach to personality been called?

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Ego psychology

61
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According to Erikson, the principle function of the ego is to establish and maintain a sense of _______

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identity

62
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According to Horney, _______ are trapped in a self defeating interpersonal style

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Neurotics

63
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What were the two main contributions to psychoanalysis bu Karen Horney?

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Neurosis and Feminine Psychology

64
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Neurotics are fighting off feelings of ________ and _______

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insecurity ; inadequacy

65
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Horney stated that Neurotic personality types were nurtured by disturbed interpersonal relationships during __________

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Childhood

66
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What were the three interaction styles of Neurotics identified by Horney?

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Moving toward people; Moving against people; Moving away from people

67
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Moving ______ people
Moving ______ people;
Moving away from people; are the three interaction styles of neutrotics identified by Horney

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Toward; Against

68
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According to Freud, religious behaviour represents a form of ______

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neurosis

69
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Jung stated that each of us inherit a God _______ in our collective unconscious

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archtype

70
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Topographical Model
• __________Thought
• ___________ mind
• ___________ Mind: material here cannot be brought to immediate awareness

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Conscious ; Preconscious; Unconscious

71
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  1. __ : the only personality structure present at birth operates on the pleasure principle, “I want something and I want it now!”
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Id

72
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  1. ____: mediates the demands of the id and superego, works of the reality principle
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Ego

73
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  1. _______: formed around 5 years of age. Representation of society’s and parental standards and values (Moral)
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Superego

74
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The _________ enforces rules, but could produce anxiety as it always strives for perfection

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superego

75
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  • Two subsystems of superego : ego ______: rules of behaviour and standards of excellence that the superego attempts to adhere to
  • __________: constitutes rules about what is bad behaviour
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ideal; Conscience

76
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Moral Anxiety: is caused by the _________ being too powerful

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superego

77
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Freud suggested that everyone is born with a certain amount of ______ energy

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psychic

78
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________: term used to describe psychic energy used to satisfy the need

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Cathexis

79
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_________: Energy used to precent a cathexis which is deem undesirable and would result in anxiety

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Anticathexis

80
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________ (eros): life or sexual instinct which drives most of our behaviour (all actions concerned with pleasure)

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Libido

81
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________: Death instinct

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Thanatos

82
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Freud believed that we all had an unconscious desire to die and return to the earth, and the socially appropriate way to express this was _________

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Aggression

83
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An important function of the ____ is to employ defense mechanisms

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ego

84
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________ Anxiety: occurs when unconscious thought are close to becoming conscious

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Neurotic

85
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__________: The most important: the ego’s efforts to put material out of conscious awareness

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Repression

86
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____________: The most productive: Channelling impulses into socially acceptable actions

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Sublimation

87
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____________: Also channels impulses, but no social rewards, phobias were seen as symbolic displacements

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Displacement

88
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_________: Denial of reality (will not accept certain facts exist)

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Denial

89
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_______ ________: Acting in an opposite what to threatening impulse (the reaction is exaggerated)

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Reaction Formation

90
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____________: Dealing with the threatening impulse in an unemotional manner

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Intellectualisation

91
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__________: when we repress the source of anxiety and see them in others

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Projection

92
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______ _________: Extreme form of avoiding places and situations which arouse anxiety

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Phobic Avoidance

93
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___________: Providing a logical reason which reduces anxiety

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Rationalisation

94
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__________: Returning to an earlier stage in life

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Regression

95
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__________ _________: Anxiety is converted into psychosomatic symptoms

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Conversion Reaction

96
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Freud believed that personality formed during the first 5 – 6 years of life divided into ____________ stages

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psychosexual

97
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Some individuals can become ________ at a particular psychosexual stage

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Fixated

98
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Oral

• 0-1 years: Mouth-weaning: fixation can result in an adult oral personality: ___________ need for oral satisfaction)

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dependency,

99
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Anal
• 18 months-3yrs: Fixation can result in an adult anal personality: Anal ________: perfectionism; Anal-_________ = overly generous

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retentive; expulsive

100
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Phallic
• 3-6 years: Boys and girls develop sexual attraction for their opposite-sex parents (________ complex). Which is never fully resolved but just repressed

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Oedipus

101
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Boys develop _________ anxiety and girls develop penis envy

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castration

102
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Reaction formation leads to ____________ with the same-sex parent: this is important for the development of the superego

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identification

103
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Latency Period

• 6-________: No specific erogenous zone; Libido energy is sublimated

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puberty

104
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Genital

• Puberty onwards: ________, mature sexual intimacy (unless large amounts of libido are fixated at earlier stages

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Genitals

105
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_________: forgetting, slips of the tongue, accidents (could they be because an unconscious impulses drives)

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Parapraxes

106
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It is the goal of ___________ therapy to bring the unconscious so that it can be examined and resolved

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psychoanalysis

107
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____ ________: speaking freely without any distractions to reveal previously hidden material

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Free Association

108
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__________: when a client “forgets” an appointment, is actually a defense mechanism

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Resistance

109
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______ _________: the road to unconscious, we use symbolic substitutes in our dreams to replace the anxiety provoking stimulus

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Dream Interpretation

110
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Contain ________ content: what the dreamer remembers, and l________ content, what the dream is really about

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manifest; Latent

111
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In Freud’s model, hypnosis is when the _____ is suspended leaving a direct link to the unconscious, but there are other views

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ego

112
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_____________ theory: whilst part of the mind enters the ‘trance’ like state, there is always a hidden observer

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Neodissociation

113
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Not all individuals are equally responsive to hypnosis. If you score high on __________ you would likely be responsive to hypnosis

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absorption

114
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What are some strengths of Freud’s theory?

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  • Description: good descriptions of origins of personality and the complexity of personality structure
  • Explanation: some concepts, such as defense mechanisms offer explanations of behaviour
  • Empirical Validity and Testable Concepts: some research supports certain ideas, such as anal and oral personality types, dream contents, and defense mechanisms
  • Comprehensiveness: Yes!
  • Heuristic Value: definitely, stimulated a lot of research
  • Applied Value: Freud’s work led to the treatment of other people with mental disorders in a more humane way
115
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What are some criticism?

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  • Parsimony: is our behaviour really motivated by two instincts? Too parsimonious
  • Testable Concepts: lack of scientific supports, not very operationalised concepts, environment overlooked, overemphasis of sex, sexist, time-consuming and expensive.
116
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_________ theory emphasises the role of the ego; some focus on the operation of the ego, some focus on how the ego interacts with, and is affected by, other individuals/society/culture

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Neoanalytic

117
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Neoanalytic personality assessment involves personal _________

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narratives

118
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Psyche = _________

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personality

119
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_______: driving force of the psyche, but unlike Freud’s theory, can be directed to numerous things to meet needs

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Libido

120
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Principle of equivalence: fixed amount of ________

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energy

121
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Principle of _______: hard to achieve balance across the elements of the psyche

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entropy

122
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Principle of opposites: polarities of human __________

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experience

123
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__________ unconscious: inherited images and experiences that result from common experiences to all humans. It also includes universal symbols which are responsible for responding in certain ways to things; these are called ___________

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Collective; Archetypes

124
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Some Jungian Archetypes
• ________: Mask, helps us deal with other people in socially appropriate ways
• ________: Repressed material within the personal unconscious and images of evil from the collective unconscious and is expressed in anger, pain
• A______: feminine qualities of the male and is the prototype for female relationships (helps to understand women)
• A______: masculine qualities of the female and is the prototype for relationships with males
• Self: potential we have to achieve our unique individuality

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Persona; Shadow; anima; animus

125
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The Meyers-Briggs Test Indicator was developed to assess the personality types described by ______

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Jung

126
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Who De-emphasised sexual motivation and emphasised: Behaviour motivated by striving for superiority; importance of social interest; importance of parents ?

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Alfred Adler

127
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______ ______ believed much of adult behaviour is based on efforts to overcome basic _______ acquired in childhood (fear of being alone and helpless in a hostile world; fear leads to neurotic needs; minimised by being raised with trust love, love, warmth, and tolerance)

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Karen Horney; anxiety

128
Q

Horney rejected that penis envy was wrong and developed ______ envy: men try and compensate for their ability to carry children and give birth by seeking to achieve in other areas

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womb

129
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Neurotic individuals try and avoid experiences, which may cause anxiety by adopting a particular style of dealing with people (Moving _______ people; Moving ______ people; moving ______ from people).

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toward; against; away

130
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If the superego is to powerful, someone might experience ______ ________

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Moral anxiety

131
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What are the two sub levels of the superego?

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Ego ideal; and Conscience

132
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what is the most productive defence mechanism?

A

Sublimation

133
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When does the phallic stage occur? what age?

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3-6 years

134
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According to Freud, children in the ______ stage are 3-6 years old

A

phallic

135
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What is the major event during the phallic stage?

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The Oedipus complex

136
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What defence mechanism leads to identification with the opposite sex parent during the Oedipus complex?

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Reaction formation

137
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Anxiety that is converted into psychosomatic symptoms is a part of which defence mechanism?

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Conversion reaction

138
Q
The R\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ type
The A\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ type
The G\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ type
The S\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ U\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ type 
are the 4 Adlerian Personality Types
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Ruling; Avoiding; Getting; Socially Useful

139
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Out of the Alderian personality types, which was the healthly one?

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The Socially Useful Type

140
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The ____ measures needs and motives and as such fits into the dispositional perspective

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TAT

141
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The TAT draws heavily on the psychoanalytic concept of the _________

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unconscious

142
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The TAT is always an (nomothetic/ideographic)

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Ideographic

143
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Can the TAT reveal underlying attitudes of optimism or pessimism?

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Yes it can.

144
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According to Freud, which is the only personality structure present at birth?

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The Id

145
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What are the two subsystems of the superego?

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The ego ideal; the conscience

146
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What is the energy being used to satisfy a need called?

A

Cathexis

147
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What is the name of the psychic energy that the ego would use to stop the id’s desire?

A

Anticathexis

148
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A problem with ______’s psychosexual stages is that there is no room for growth or change later on

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Freud’s

149
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According to Freud, an individual that has a _____ personality tends to be dependent on others,

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oral

150
Q

Which psychosexual fixation is associated with being messy and disorganised? and what is the opposite?

A

Anal expulsive; Anal retentive

151
Q

Libido energy is sublimated during which psychosexual stage?

A

The Latency period (6-puberty)

152
Q

Forgetting; Freudian slips; and accidents are also known as ________

A

parapraxes

153
Q

What happens in counter transference?

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The therapist displaces their own feelings onto the client

154
Q

Research has found that each of us rely on some defence mechanisms more than others, this is known as our ________ _______

A

defensive style

155
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Defensive style may also have implications for how people react to common sources of ______

A

stress

156
Q

_______ jokes - the ones that provide insight into the unconscious of the joke tell as well as the person who laughs

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tendentious jokes

157
Q

If you had the ability to become highly involved in sensory and imaginative stimuli you wold likely be high in ________

A

Absorption

158
Q

A_______
M_______
E________
Ab________

are variables in an individual’s susceptibility to hypnosis

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attitude;
Motivation;
Expectancy
absorption

159
Q

The polarities of human experience is known as the principle of _______

A

opposites

160
Q

Hard to achieve balance across the elements of the psyche is known as the principle of __________

A

Entropy

161
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______ feminine qualities of the male and prototype for female relationships

A

anima

162
Q

_______ masculine qualities of the female and prototype for male relationships

A

animus

163
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The _____ was developed to assess the personality types described by Jung

A

MBTI

164
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What is the single motivating force described by Adler?

A

striving for superiority

165
Q

Who should have higher feelings of inferiority according to Adler, the first or second born?

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the first born, as they are dethroned from their pampered existence

166
Q

What are the four Adlerian personality types?

A

The ruling type; the getting type; the socially useful type; and the avoiding type

167
Q

According to Erikson, the principle function of the ____ is to establish and maintain a sense of identity

A

ego

168
Q

According to Horney, what is the key characteristic of neurotics?

A

That they are trapped in a self-defeating interpersonal style

169
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Although Freud stated neurosis in terms of fixate energy and unconscious battles; Horney pointed to disturbed interpersonal relationships during __________

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childhood