Christell Liani B.

Advincula
PHHW 12-2

1. Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory posits that there is a connection between the
mind and the body such that that one’s behavior is connected to one’s unconscious
mind. He posits that the mind is divided into three parts: id; ego; and superego. The id is
under the unconscious mind and has been with humans since birth. It is similar to as
when we act on impulse without thinking whether it is moral or not. The ego is the part
that balances the conscious and unconscious mind. From the unconscious id, the ego
translates it into something that is acceptable to society. Finally, the superego is the part
when the person knows what is moral or not. Before one acts, he must think about
whether it is right or wrong. One’s perception of what is right or wrong is based on the
influences imposed by one’s society and parents (“What Is the Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalytic Theory?”, n.d.).

2. Sigmund was a controversial philosopher in the 20th century. Part of this is his emphasis
on sex. He referred to sexual and psychic energies as ‘libido’ which is now used to refer
to lust and desire. Freud perceives sex as a natural part of personal growth. He believed
that sex was part of the id and that all humans begin as being bisexual. However, society
insists that once one reaches adulthood, one must identify oneself as homosexual or
heterosexual (“Freud and Sex”, n.d.). In the context of child sexuality, Freud proposed
the five stages of psychosexuality: oral; anal; phallic; latency; and genital. Under the
phallic stage, he introduced the Oedipus complex which states that children
unconsciously have sexual drives towards the parent of the opposite sex (“Freud’s
Psychosexual Stage Theory”, n.d).

3. According to Sigmund Freud, the three fundamental structures of the human mind are
the id, ego and superego. The id is under the unconscious mind and has been with
humans since birth. It is similar to as when we act on impulse without thinking whether it
is moral or not. The ego is the part that balances the conscious and unconscious mind.
From the unconscious id, the ego translates it into something that is acceptable to
society. Finally, the superego is the part when the person knows what is moral or not.
Before one acts, he must think about whether it is right or wrong. One’s perception of
what is right or wrong is based on the influences imposed by one’s society and parents
(“What Is the Sigmund Freud Psychoanalytic Theory?”, n.d.).

4. The unconscious mind is diving deep into one’s mind. It influences human behavior
without us being aware of it. This is where anxiety, pain, and other aspects that are
uncomfortable to talk about, are present. According to Freud, one begins to determine
these thoughts through dreams or the Freudian slip that is the ‘slip of the tongue.’ The
thoughts the conscious mind finds unacceptable or uncomfortable are found in the
unconscious. Freud posits that humans have certain defense mechanisms to drive away
from the awareness of the unconscious (Kendra, 2019) .
5. Freudian slips are those that people do not intend to say but slip out of their tongue
because it is what they actually think. These slips could actually reveal what is inside a
person’s mind without one actually talking about it. For instance, ex-National Security
Advisor Condoleezza Rice almost referred to then-President Bush as ‘husband’. This
might entail that she might have feelings for the President at that time (Kendra, 2019).
Personally, there were a few times when I talked about a person but wanted to censor
every negative thought I had. However, I still had the tendency to slip what I actually
thought about the person which implied how I was disinterested toward the person. One
could also have a Freudian slip when for instance, a lover accidentally refers to one’s
partner with their former partner. This was demonstrated in the sitcom Friends, when
Ross was about to marry his partner Emily but accidentally said Rachel’s name who was
his former partner who also attended their wedding because they were friends.

6. 1. The ‘talk therapy’ refers to talking about your problems and experiences rather than
keeping them all to yourself to help you in coping up with what you feel.
2. The cathexis and the anticathexis are both parts of the id which distributes the energy
that is being released by the id.
3. Libido controls the psychic and sexual energies of a person.
4. The cathexis refers to the person mentally imaging an idea which does not
necessarily translate to action.
5. The anticathexis refers to the id’s energy being utilized to block off what the id thinks
or desires but is not necessarily acceptable or moral.
6. Freud posits that humans are motivated by life and death instincts in which humans
have the will to survive (life instinct) while at the same time, unconsciously have the
desire to die (death instinct).
7.Humans both have the conscious and unconscious mind in which the conscious
consists of thoughts that we are aware of while the unconscious are thoughts that we
are not necessarily aware of but they influence human behavior.
8. The mind is divided into three parts: id; ego; and superego in which the id is the
unconscious side of the mind, the superego inforces morals influenced by the
surroundings and the ego which maintains a balance for both extremes.
9. Freud’s psychosexual theory posits that there are five stages that humans go through
in which libido is demonstrated differently in each stage. The five stages are oral, anal,
phallic, latency, and genitals.
10. According to Freud, dreams become an instrument for the unconscious mind to be
demonstrated. There are two ways to analyze a dream: the manifest and the latent
content.
11. The manifest content describes as it is from how the person remembered it. On the
other hand, the latent content refers to what the dream actually means or what it
symbolizes.
12. Defense mechanisms protect the ego and are being unconsciously demonstrated by
humans to steer away from problems or experiences that the unconscious mind offers.
Examples of defense mechanisms are repression, denial, and regression.
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