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/AgeGratificationPossible Problems Oral (0-1) Sucking, eating, bitingSmoking, 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 genitaliaJealousy, sexual conquests, problems with parents Latency (6- puberty) Sexual feelings are repressed Excessive modesty, homosexuality Genital (puberty/adult) Sexual relationshipsNone
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.
Erik Erikson Felt the parent-child relationship was key to personality development
Other theories: Behaviorist Humanistic (Carl Rogers, Maslow) Trait theories Biological