Personality: an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting It’s what is consistent in our behavior from day to day, in spite of our situation. Give one characteristic of your personality.

Type A  Feel a sense of time pressure  Easily angered  Competitive  Ambitious  Work hard/play hard  Higher risk for heart disease  Easy going, relaxed  Seen as a spectrum, have characteristics of both or neither Type B

Psychoanalytical Perspective of Personality Based on unconscious drives and conflicts

Psychoanalytic Perspective  Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality development Influence of unconscious mental processes Importance of sexual and aggressive instincts Enduring consequences of early childhood experiences No behavior was ever accidental

Freudian slips "For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan, and I'm proud to have been his partner. We've had triumphs. We've made some mistakes. We've had some sex - - setbacks."

Levels of Awareness Conscious- things we are currently aware of Preconscious- thoughts/memories that could be voluntarily brought to your mind

Levels of Awareness Unconscious- Thoughts, feelings, motives are blocked from the conscious Not directly accessible

How did Freud tap into the unconscious?  Free Association Relax and speak whatever comes to mind ○ This is where the stereotypical couch/patient scene comes from Follow a mental trace back to childhood where the painful unconscious memories could be retrieved and released  Dreams Manifest content Latent content

According to Freud: Personality is the conflict between our aggressive pleasure seeking biological impulses and the social restraints against them Personality is our way of expressing these impulses without bringing guilt. 3 components of personality

Id  hidden animalistic wants & desires  impulsive, immature, irrational  works on the Pleasure Principle  avoids pain and receive instant gratification.

Ego  develops after the Id  Resides in the conscious & unconscious  Works on the Reality Principle  seeks to gratify the ids impulses in practical ways  It is what everyone sees as our personality.

Superego  Develops last at about the age of 5  It is our conscience (right vs. wrong)  To help guide the way you ought to behave