PSYCHOANALYSIS

UNCOVERING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND

PSYCHOANALYSIS
The belief that all people possesses
unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires and
memories through emphasis of the
unconscious motivation.

A set of theories and therapeutic

techniques related to the study of the
unconscious mind, which together form a
method of treatment for mental disorders.
PSYCHOANALYSIS is composed
of 3 major theories namely:

1 THEORY OF PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

2 THEORY OF PERSONALITY STRUCTURE

3 THEORY OF PERSONALITY DYNAMICS

 THEORY OF PYSCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

BIRTH TO 1 YEAR OLD 1 - 3 YEARS OLD 3- 6 YEARS OLD 6 YEARS OLD - PUBERTY PUBERTY - ADULTHOOD

1 2 3 4 5

ORAL STAGE ANAL STAGE PHALLIC STAGE LATENCY STAGE GENITAL STAGE

The libido is in The libido is in The libido is in The libido is The libido is in
the MOUTH the ANUS the DORMANT the
PENIS/CLITORIS PENIS/CLITORIS
Sucking, biting, Witholding and Little to no sexual
& breastfeeding expelling faeces Masturbation motivation Sexual
present Intercourse
 CONSCIOUS MIND
The conscious mind contains all of the thoughts, memories, feelings,
10% and wishes of which we are aware at any given moment. It is usually
easy to retrieve them whenever they are needed.

THE PRECONSCIOUS
The preconscious consists of anything that could potentially
30% be brought into the conscious mind. Sometimes it cannot tell
what is reality and what is imagined, it only takes what you
want and emotionalize.

UNCONSCIOUS MIND
The unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings,

60%
thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside
of our conscious awareness. The unconscious
contains contents that are unacceptable or
unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or
conflict.

THEORY OF PERSONALITY DYNAMICS

 THEORY OF PERSONALITY STRUCTURE
• The moral and practical • The realistic and decision
component of the person. making component of the
• It runs on the moral person.
principle, it represents
• It runs on the
internalized values,
reality principle,
ideals, and moral
attitude of society, it EGO tends to express

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the Id element in
is through this that a (INFANCY)

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the real world,
person learns what is
aims at fulfilling

HO RE
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deemed right and
the Id element in
what is wrong.

HI PE
an appropriate
ID way.

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• Unconscious and contains primitive and instinct behavior of the person.

• It runs on the pleasure principle, solely focusing on meeting the needs of a person & avoiding pain.
ID VERSUS
PSYCHO
EGO
ANALYTIC
VERSUSMODEL
SUPEREGO
I WANT TO EAT CHOCOLATE!
I AM ON A SUPER DIET!

ID SUPERGO

EGO
EATS A SMALL BAR OF
CHOCOLATE.
ID VERSUS
PSYCOEGO
ANALYTIC
VERSUSMODEL
SUPEREGO
I AM THIRSTY, DRINK IT!
IT IS NOT RIGHT TO DO THAT!

ID SUPERGO

EGO
WAIT FOR THE WAITER
FOR THE REFILL.
 10 MAJOR DEFENSE MECHANISMS

DISPLACEMENT REPRESSION
Taking out our frustrations,
Acts to keep information out
feelings, and impulses on people
of conscious  awareness
or objects that are less threatening
through unconscious forgetting.
or poses no threat.

The process of protecting the ego

Act of conscious removal of
by not acknowledging obvious
anxiety-provoking memories
truths and facing reality which an
from our awareness.
individual cannot cope.

DENIAL SUBLIMATION
 10 MAJOR DEFENSE MECHANISMS

SUBLIMATION PROJECTION
A defense mechanism that allows
Taking our own unacceptable
us to act out unacceptable impulses
qualities or feelings and
by converting these behaviors into a
ascribing them to other people.
more acceptable form.

Allows us to avoid thinking about A defense mechanism that involves

the stressful, emotional aspect of explaining an unacceptable behavior or

feeling in a rational or logical manner,
the situation and instead focus
avoiding the true reasons for the
only on the intellectual component.
behavior.
INTELLECTUALIZATION RATIONALIZATION
 10 MAJOR DEFENSE MECHANISMS

REGRESSION
Reduces anxiety by taking up the
A defense mechanism thatabandon
opposite feeling, impulse, or
coping strategies and revert to
behavior
patterns of behavior used earlier in
development RATIONALIZATION
OTHER DEFENSE MECHANISMS
Coping with stress by engaging in actions rather
Acting Out
than acknowledging and bearing certain feelings.

Aim Inhibition Accepting a modified form of their original goal

Altruism Satisfying internal needs through helping others

Refusing to deal with or encounter unpleasant

Avoidance
objects or situations

Overachieving in one area to compensate for

Compensation
failures in another

Becoming separated or removed from one's

Dissociation
experience
OTHER DEFENSE MECHANISMS

Avoiding reality by retreating to a safe place within

Fantasy
one's mind

Pointing out the funny or ironic aspects of a

Aim Inhibition
situation

Passive-
Indirectly expressing anger
aggression

Trying to make up for what one feels are

Undoing
inappropriate thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
 STRENGTH WEAKNESS
Freud's theories overemphasized the
Provides an in-depth perspective that
explains the origin of psychopathology.
1 unconscious mind, sex, aggression, and
childhood experiences

Many of the theories of pyschoanalyis Psychoanalysis is not as effective as

continue to influence the modern
psychology. 2 other treatments

Opened up a new view on mental Many of the said concepts are

illness that could help alleviate a
person's psychological distress.
3 difficult to measure and quantify.

The methods and theories of Based on case studies and clinical

psychoanalytic thinking contributed to the
development of experimental psychology
4 observations rather than empirical,
scientific research
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