Sigmund Freud 1856 -

1939

founding father of

Psychoanalysis

“I was the only worker in a new field.”(Freud, 1927)

“Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his

cowardice, his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete

adjustment to a complicated civilization. It is the result of the

conflict between our instincts and our culture. “ (Freud, 1927)

Consciousness

Levels

of

MIND

Conscious

Unconscious

EVERYTHING

we are aware of

a RESERVOIR of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories

Preconscious

you’re NOT

AWARE most of the time

Personality

Structure of

SUPEREGO

EGO

ID

“Internalized Parent”Judges the Ego

“Reality Principle”

Execution Director“Pleasure

Principle”Wild Instinct

SUPEREGO

EGO

ID

EGO IDEAL

CONSCIENCE

EGO IDEAL

CONSCIENCE ultimate

standard of behavior as a

“good” member of society

punish or reward the Ego

EROS

THENATOSLife instincts

Death instincts

Life instinctsEROS

ª sexual instincts

ª energy created is known as libido

ª deal with basic survival, pleasure and reproduction

THENATOSDeath instincts

ª aggressive and destructive urges

ª self destructive behavior (expression of energy)

stages

Psychosexual

stages

Psychosexual

ª libido (sexual energy)ª erogenous zone

(body parts which are sensitive to sexual, erotic stimulation) ª child's libido centers on behavior affecting the primary erogenous zone of his age

STAGE

Oral (0-18 months)

Anal (18-36 months)

Phallic (3-6 years)

Latency (6 to puberty)

Genital (puberty on)

FOCUS

Pleasure centers on the mouth-sucking, chewing, biting

Pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control

Pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuous sexual feelings

Dormant sexual feeling

Maturation of sexual interest

Anxiety

Unpleasant inner state

Signal to the ego

Anxiety

Neurotic

Moral

Reality

Unconscious worry

Fear of violating our

own moral

principles

Fear of real-world events

Freudianslip

the

A verbal or memory mistake that is believed to be linked to the unconscious mind

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