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I CAN:
Distinguish the Eros and Thanatos
Distinguish the Id, Ego, and Superego
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2. Psychodynamic Theories
Psychoanalysis
Freud’s system of treatment for mental disorders
Freud believed we go about our daily business without knowing the real motives behind our behavior
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3. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Drives and Instincts
Eros
Libido
Thanatos
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4. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Drives and Instincts
Eros
The Life Instinct
Drives people toward acts that are..
sexual,
life-giving,
and creative
Guided by the libido
Libido
Thanatos
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5. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Drives and Instincts
Eros
Psychic energy that drives individuals to experience not only sensual pleasure work, play, leisure activities….
The drive behind the eros
Libido
Thanatos
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6. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Drives and Instincts
Eros
Libido
The Death Instinct
Drives people toward aggressive and destructive behaviors
Thanatos
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7. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Personality Structure Id
Superego
Ego
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8. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Personality Structure Id
Primitive, unconscious portion of the personality
Houses the most basic drives and stores repressed memories
Superego
Ego
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9. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Personality Structure Id
Mind’s storehouse of values, moral attitudes learned from parents and society, same as common notion of conscience
Superego
Ego
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10. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Personality Structure Id
Conscious, rational part of personality
Charged with keeping peace between superego and id
Superego
Ego
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11. Freud’s Model of the Mind
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12. Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007
CAN I?
Distinguish the Eros and Thanatos
Distinguish the Id, Ego, and Superego
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