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Repression - Type of defense mechanism
the act of containing unacceptable psychic material in, or pushing it to, the unconscious.
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Fixation - Type of defense mechanism
A person becoming developmentally “stuck” at the psychological stage of a traumatic event
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Defense Mechanism
ways to prevent unacceptable wishes from emerging into awareness.
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Identification - Defense Mechanism
operating when the qualities of another person are taken into the individual’s personality
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Displacement - Defense Mechanism
- occurs when an unwelcome impulse is deflected onto another person, presumably someone who is less dangerous than the original target.
- example - man who gets angry with his boss, but instead of aggressing against the boss, he comes home and yells at his wife
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Projection - Defense Mechanism
externalization of an unacceptable wish.
People who are paranoid, for example, externalize their instinctual rage by perceiving others as out to get them.
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Reaction formation - Defense Mechanism
unacceptable urge is transformed into its opposite.
Example: Person is Stingy but instead of people knowing they are stingy they donate to a cause.
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Sublimation - Defense Mechanism
is the funneling of the unacceptable impulse into a socially acceptable activity.
Example: Surgeon, football player - Football players are likely sublimating aggressive drives.
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Regression - Defense Mechanism
when a threatened individual retreats to an earlier stage of development, typically to one in which she is fixated.
Ex: A school-aged child chastised for lying to a parent may resort to sucking her thumb or curling up in a fetal position to deal with the attack on the ego.
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What is the first stage of sexual development?
The oral Stage - from birth to year 1
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What is the second stage of development?
The anal stage - between age 1-4
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What is the third and most important stage of development?
phallic stage - between age 4-6
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What is the 4th stage of sexual development?
latency
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Latency
which is usually a period of sexual quiescence. The sexual urges are usually repressed; however, Freud cautioned that occasionally some manifestations of sexuality may break through or that some individuals may remain sexually active throughout the latency period.
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The 5th stage of sexual development
genital stage - enter adolescence and mature sexuality
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Countertransference
therapist loses her objectivity. Therapist has not had a proper training analysis.
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transference
The key to successful psychoanalysis. Every client inevitably re-creates a pivotal former relationship with the analyst, and the secret is to analyze and resolve this. It is composed of both positive and negative emotions toward the therapist.
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four stages of psychoanalytic treatment
(a) the opening phase, (b) development of transference, (c) working through, and (d) resolution of the transference
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