Ego- rational self, experiences reality of external world and responds to it- maintains
harmony b/t reality, id, and ego
Superego- perfection principle, internalizes values and moral sets, forms the conscious
, According to Freud, what is the psychic energy? - ANSWER - Libido, force or impetus
required for mental functioning originating in the id, instinctually fulfills basic
physiological needs.
According to Freud, what is the topography of the mind? - ANSWER - preconscious- all
memories forgotten or out of awareness but hat with attention can be recalled., helps
suppress unpleasant memories.
Conscious- all memories within awareness
Unconscious- all memories that cannot be brunt to consciousness, unpleasant and
unessential memories that have been repressed.
Define Compensation - ANSWER - Overachievement in one area to offset perceived
deficiencies in another.
Define Denial - ANSWER - Refusing to acknowledge some painful aspect of external
reality or subjective experience that would be apparent to others. When there is gross
impairment in reality testing the term psychotic denial is used
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