Rasmussen Mental Health Exam 1 Psychoanalytic Theory - Freud Most psychological disturbances are the result of early trauma or incidents that are often not remembered or recognized.
3 parts:
1) Conscious Mind: your current awareness—thoughts, beliefs, and feelings. (Most of the mind's activity occurs outside of conscious awareness) 2) The Preconscious Mind: contains what is lying immediately below the surface, not currently the subject of our attention, but accessible.3) The Unconscious Mind: where our most primitive feelings, drives, and memories reside, especially those that are unbearable and traumatic (the id) The unconscious and preconscious mind influence the conscious mind The id - The primitive, pleasure-seeking part (according to Freud, predominantly sexual pleasure) of our personalities that lurks in the unconscious mind.The ego - Conscience mind Our sense of self and acts as an intermediary between the id and the world by using ego defense mechanisms, such as repression, denial, and rationalization Realistically evaluates situations, limits the id's primitive impulses, and keeps the superego from becoming too rigid and obsessive The superego - Our "conscience" or right and wrong Greatly influenced by our parents' moral and ethical stances What is the goal of psychoanalytic therapy? - To relieve emotional disturbances by knowing the unconscious mind To know and understand what is happening at the unconscious level in order to uncover the truth.Uses free association What did Sullivan believe? - Personality dynamics and disorders were caused primarily by social forces and interpersonal situations
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