Freudian
Id, ego, superego
Freudian relates to Sigmund Freud or his theories of psychoanalysis, which emphasized unconscious drives, childhood experiences, and sexuality in shaping behavior.
A Freudian interpretation reads hidden meaning into dreams, slips, or symbols.
A Freudian slip is a verbal error thought to reveal unconscious thoughts or desires: He called his wife by his mother's name—classic Freudian slip.
Used loosely, Freudian suggests anything involving repressed sexuality or mommy issues.
Unconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
transference · countertransference · defense mechanisms · psychosexual stages · Oedipus complex · Electra complex · libido · neurosis
Not awake or aware
- dream interpretationAnalyzing nocturnal vision symbolism
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- displacementRemoval from usual location
dreamwork · repression · censorship · free association · royal road · nightmares · fantasies
Fault in communication
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- tongueOral muscle for taste
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
revealing · embarrassing · accidental · unintentional · verbal · misspeak · hidden meaning · blunder
Innate erotic drive
- Oedipus complexPsychosexual attachment to mother
- Electra complexDaughter's unconscious paternal desire
- oral stageFirst psychosexual developmental period
- anal stageToddler psychosexual development period
castration anxiety · penis envy · pleasure principle · eros · fixation · erogenous zones · sublimation · perversion
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
sublimation · regression · reaction formation · intellectualization · isolation · undoing · introjection · splitting
id
Unconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
repression · transference · countertransference · defense mechanisms · psychosexual stages · Oedipus complex · Electra complex · libido · neurosis · free association
unconscious
Not awake or aware
- dream interpretationAnalyzing nocturnal vision symbolism
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
displacement · dreamwork · repression · censorship · free association · royal road · nightmares · fantasies
error
Fault in communication
unconscious · revealing · embarrassing · accidental · unintentional · verbal · misspeak · hidden meaning · blunder · gaffe
libido
Innate erotic drive
- Oedipus complexPsychosexual attachment to mother
- Electra complexDaughter's unconscious paternal desire
- oral stageFirst psychosexual developmental period
anal stage · castration anxiety · penis envy · pleasure principle · eros · fixation · erogenous zones · sublimation · perversion · latency period
repression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- displacementRemoval from usual location
rationalization · sublimation · regression · reaction formation · intellectualization · isolation · undoing · introjection · splitting · suppression
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- psychepsyche, soul, mind, ego, id
- psychologypsychology, psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, clinical psychology
- Proper AdjectivesAmerican, British, Chinese, French, German
- therapiststherapist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, psychiatrist
- personality typespersonality type, extrovert, MBTI, introversion, pessimist
Freudianbehavioral
Relating to conduct
behaviorist · cognitive · Skinnerian · neurobiological · biological
Freudianhumanistic
Centered on human values
optimistic · positive psychology · self-actualization · rational · rationalist
Freudianliteral
Meaning exactly what's said
surface-level · face-value · straightforward · matter-of-fact · behaviorist
- Freudian slipUnconsciously revealing misstatement
- Freudian analysisTherapy exploring unconscious motivations
- Freudian theoryPsychology of unconscious mind