Psychoanalytic theory
Sigmund freud Defense Mechanisms: devices used to protect people from pressures Id: selfish, pleasure-driven and demands immediate gratification Superego: cautions people to do the right thing Ego: mediates/compromises between the id and superego
Sigmund freud Psychosexual Stages: 5 crises that take place throughout ones’s lifespan: Oral – Oral Fixation Anal – Anal Retentive vs. Anal Expulsive Phallic – Oedipus Complex vs. Electra Complex Latency Genital
Carl Jung Archetypes: universal ideas stored in unconscious (wicked, hero, mother) Collective Unconscious: storehouse of all myths, memories and urges Extraversion: friendly, outgoing
Carl Jung Introversion: shy, would rather be by themselves Individuation: personality is stabilized by moderating its extremes
Karen Horney Basic Anxiety: something that disturbs a person’s security
Alfred Adler Birth Order: position of a person among siblings Fictional Finalisms: expectations about the future Inferiority: feelings of frailty and incompetence Style of Life: motives, actions, values and interests that help people overcome inferiority
Erik Erikson Psychosocial Stages: 8 crises that must be resolved throughout ones’ lifetime Identity Crisis: adolescents decide who they are as individuals