Unit 10 Freuds Psychoanalytic Theory Structure of personality

Unit 10:

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory • Structure of personality • Id - Pleasure principle • Ego - Reality principle • Superego - Morality • Levels of awareness • Conscious • Unconscious • Preconscious

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory • Freud’s psychoanalytic theory • Conflict • Sex and Aggression • Suppressed most often • Anxiety • Caused by a fear the id or superego will overtake you • Defense Mechanisms • Way to prevent us from feeling guilt or anxiety

Sublimination – finding a socially appropriate outlet for id’s desires. ex: Becoming an MMA fighter to release aggression

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory • Fixation-Excessive gratification or frustration • Overemphasis on psychosexual needs during fixated stage • Psychosexual stages 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Oral Anal Phallic Latency Genital

Neo-Freudians Alfred Adler - inferiority complex Karen Horney – feministic view of Freud’s ideas Carl Jung – collective unconscious

Assessing Unconscious Processes • Projective Test – one in which the user projects their ideas onto an ambiguous stimuli • Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) • Rorschach Inkblot Test

Humanistic Theories • Abraham Maslow • Self-actualization • Focused one people’s ability to strive for success • Carl Rogers • When a person is offered genuineness, acceptance, and empathy they’ll flourish. • Client centered therapy • Unconditional positive regard • Self-concept

Trait Theory –Describing rather than explaining –Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) – Not scientifically useful (yet) –Factor Analysis – stats for correlation –Personality Inventories –MMPI

The Big Five

Social Gognitive Theory • Reciprocal Determinism • Interaction of internal, behavioral, and environmental influences on personality • Optimism v Pessimism • Balance is necessary • Blindness to our incompetence • Takes competence to recognize competence

Exploring the Self • Spotlight effect – College students gave an estimation that half would notice a Barry Manilow tee shirt when only 25% did. Take away point? People don’t notice you as much as you think they do. • Self-serving bias – inability to see ourselves as average • Narcissism – excessive self love and absorption • Defensive self esteem • Completely unrelated photo of Kim and Kanye…