Freud Personality Theories Significance of Freud Popularized the
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Freud & Personality Theories
Significance of Freud: • Popularized the idea of the • • unconscious Started psychoanalysis/Founded Psychodynamic theory Ended the notion that evil spirits caused mental illness
Methods for tapping the unconscious: • • • Hypnosis "Talking therapy" Free association
Personality structure: • Id • Ego • Superego
Part of the ego's job is to protect the conscious mind from threatening thoughts buried in the unconscious- It uses defense mechanisms
Psychosexual Stages: Stage/Age Gratification Possible Problems Oral (0 -1) Sucking, eating, biting Smoking, nail biting, gluttony, (too much- overly optimistic) (too little- pessimistic/hostile) Anal (1 -3) Bladder & Bowel movement Messiness (anal expulsive) Cleanliness (anal retentive) Phallic (3 -5) Stimulation of genitalia Jealousy, sexual conquests, problems with parents Latency (6 puberty) Sexual feelings are repressed Excessive modesty, homosexuality Genital (puberty/adult) Sexual relationships None
Oedipus complex • • Occurs during the phallic stage Electra complex is the female version
Which of these theorists is Freud? PBS: Which one is Freud?
Psychodynamic Theorists: Carl Jung: • Collective unconscious to go along with the personal unconscious • Less emphasis on sex, id not a "cauldron of seething excitations" but source of strength & vitality for id
Karen Horney Disagreed with Freud's emphasis on sexual instincts. Felt environmental & social factors during childhood are at the root of personality.
Erikson Felt the parent-child relationship was key to personality development
Other theories: • Behaviorist • Humanistic (Carl Rogers, Maslow) • Trait theories • Biological
- Genital stage clipart
- Tcole cultural diversity
- Freudian revolution
- Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theory difference
- Psychoanalytic perspective
- Compliant personality definition
- Trait theories of personality _____.
- Carl jung personality
- Trait theory eysenck
- Theories of personality
- Humanistic approach pros and cons
- Alfred adler theories of personality
- Theories of personality quiz