PSYC 3083 : Exam 3 Terms - WINT INT 2015
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Anxiety: core of all psychopathology; arises out of unconscious as result of instincts. Symptoms: vary depending on psychosexual stage of conflict & defense mechanisms utilized. Psychodynamic: movement of psychological energy (libido) between structures of personality. Preconscious: not presently in consciousness, but can be accessed. Unconscious: largest; deep, inaccessible drives and urges that affect behavior. Id: biological basis of personality, pleasure principle = seek pleasure, avoid pain; oral stage. Ego: executive manager of personality. reality principle = defers gratification due to reality (opposes pleasure principle; develops during anal stage) Age, conflict, fixation consequence, personality structure development: oral birth 1. 5 years; passive or aggressive verbally; id, anal 1. 5-3 years; how to satisfy id with impinging rules of society; retentive, obsess with neatness. Expulsive, disorganized, messy; ego: phallic 3-5 years; oedipal conflict/electra complex: how to resolve attraction got opposite-sex parent without retribution by same-sex parent; seductive. Flirtatious or submissive, homosexuality; superego: latent 5-puberty; rarely occurs at this stage, genital puberty +; unsatisfying relationships.
