Friday, December 19 Ch. 14 Test Learning Target: Explain the characteristics of the psychodynamic approach

Thursday, December 18 Collect Defense Mechanism Worksheet Discuss Freud’s Psychosexual Stages Discuss the Three Levels of the Mind Complete Discussion of Freud Review Ch. 14 Test: Fri., Dec. 19 Learning Target: Explain the characteristics of the psychodynamic approach

Wednesday, December 17 Return Ch. 6 Tests Discuss Defense Mechanisms Defense Mechanism Worksheet: Due Thursday, December 18 Learning Target: Identify which defense mechanism is used in various examples

Tuesday, December 16 Introduce Personality Discuss Three Parts of the Personality Psychology Playhouse Learning Target: Analyze people’s personality in terms of which part of the personality is most dominant Define personality and explain the characteristics of the psychoanalytic approach

Thursday, December 19 Collect Defense Mechanism Worksheet Discuss Psychosexual Stages Defense Mechanism BINGO Learning Target: Explain the characteristics of each of the psychosexual stages.

Wednesday, December 18 Complete Discussion of Defense Mechanisms Analyze the “Cat in the Hat” Homework: Defense Mechanism Worksheet (this is MANDATORY) Due: tomorrow 12/19 Learning Target: Analyze which part of the personality the characters in the “Cat in the Hat” exemplify

Ch. 14 Test: Tomorrow: 12/20 Wednesday, December 19 Collect Personality Key Concepts and Terms (OPTIONAL) Review Jeopardy Ch. 14 Test: Tomorrow: 12/20

Chapter 14: Personality

Personality: An individual’s unique, consistent, patterned methods of behaving in relation to the environment What words are important in that definition? Unique Consistent Pattern

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Background Victorian Era Prim and Proper Position View on sex

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Id, Ego, Superego (three parts of the personality)

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Freud believed that the 3 parts of the personality overlapped and should not be separated and analyzed separately. He believed one was an outgrowth of the other. ID Ego Superego

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Id: The part of the personality that emerges first. When we are an infant we are almost all Id Pleasure Principle: the Id is hedonistic. It seeks pleasure and avoids pain Energy Source: the Id is the major source for all psychological energy

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Id Drives and Instincts: basic inborn needs Libido: the sex drive Aggression: Thanatos: the death instinct Eros: love for life

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Id Primary Process: the need for immediate and instant gratification

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Ego: the second part of the personality to emerge. It is more logical and practical than the id Reality Principle: the ego’s awareness of the external world Secondary Process: the ability to delay gratification

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Super Ego: The sense of morality Morality Principle Ego Ideal: the child’s perception of what they think their parents think is morally good Conscience: the child’s perception of what they think their parents think is morally bad

Defense Mechanisms See Handout

Defense Mechanisms Definitions The Ego’s way of satisfying the id without overstepping the bounds of the superego The Ego’s unconscious attempt to defend against our anxiety

Defense Mechanisms Four aspects of all defense mechanisms They are all unconscious They all involve self-deception They all give us time to get over anxiety producing events in our life They are all normal methods of dealing with our anxiety if……

REACTION FORMATION REPRESSION *SUPPRESSION NAME OF DEFENSE MECHANISM DEFINITION EXAMPLE RATIONALIZATION Sweet Lemons Sour Grapes We give ourselves false reassurances about an anxiety producing experience in order to reduce our anxiety. What we have we love and think is great What we can’t have we tell ourselves we didn’t want anyway. REACTION FORMATION We act in a manner that is completely opposite of how we are truly feeling. REPRESSION Unconsciously blocking unpleasant or anxiety producing thoughts from consciousness. *SUPPRESSION When we consciously avoid thinking about something.

NAME OF DEFENSE MECHANISM DEFINITION EXAMPLE PROJECTION The tendency to see in others the undesirable traits and qualities that we possess. IDENTIFICATION Identifying with a group by taking on some of their behaviors. DISPLACEMENT Taking our anxiety out on other, safer objects. SUBLIMATION We find socially acceptable ways to fulfill socially unacceptable urges. REGRESSION Returning to earlier modes of dealing with anxiety.

FANTASY/ DREAMS/ ESCAPE UNDOING COMPENSATION DENIAL Avoiding anxiety by escaping into a fantasy/dream world UNDOING Reducing anxiety by making amends for unethical thoughts or deeds. COMPENSATION We pursue success in one area to reduce our anxiety about our failure in another. DENIAL Defending against anxiety-producing realities by failing to perceive or recognize them.

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Stages of Development: Freud believed that an individual develops through a series of five Psychosexual Stages. Each of these stages was associated with the part of the body that gave the individual the most pleasure at that time.

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Oral Stage (Birth – 18 months) Pleasure comes from the mouth—sucking, biting, chewing

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Anal Stage (18 months-3 years old): Pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder function; the child must cope with demands for control

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Fixation: Being stuck in a psychosexual stages. Fixation can occur because of either too much or too little pleasure in a stage.

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Anal Retentive: The anal retentive person is neat, orderly, organized, and overly concerned with CONTROL This is caused by too strict of toilet training resulting in a lack of pleasure Anal Expulsive: The anal expulsive person is messy, disorganized, It is caused by too lax toilet training resulting in too much pleasure

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Phallic Stage (3-6 years): The pleasure zone is the genitals; the child must cope with incestuous feelings

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Oedipus Complex: A pattern described by Freud in which a boy has sexual desire for his mother and wants to eliminate his father’s competition for her attention

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Latency Stage (6 years old-puberty): During this stage sexual impulses stay in the background as the child focuses on education, same-sex peer play, and the development of social skills

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Genital Stage (Puberty- ) It is during this stages that sexual impulses appear at the conscious level

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Three Levels of the Mind

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Conscious: All our thoughts and perceptions of which we are currently aware

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Preconscious: A level of mental activity that is not currently conscious but of which we can easily become conscious Examples: memories, stored knowledge

2) The Psychoanalytic Approach Unconscious: Region of the mind that is a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, desires, feelings, and painful memories Examples: immoral urges, violent motives, shameful experiences, selfish needs, fears, drives, etc.

3) Humanistic Approach Maslow’s Humanistic Psychology If you want a healthy psychology, study healthy people. If you want a sick psychology, study sick people

3) Humanistic Approach Deficiency Orientation: A preoccupation with a perceived need for material things. People coming to perceive life as disappointing and boring

3) Humanistic Approach Growth Orientation: People with a growth orientation do not focus on what is missing, instead they are satisfied with what they have, are, and can do

3) Humanistic Approach

3) Humanistic Approach Characteristics of a Self-Actualized Person Accepting of self & reality Spontaneous Creative Has quality relationships Lives in the moment Takes calculated risks

“Becoming all you can be” Food Shelter Water Clothing Sleep Protection Law & Order Limits Stability Financial Security Family Affection Relationships Work Groups Teams Achievement Status Responsibility Reputation Confidence Personal Growth Fulfillment Self-sufficiency Authenticity “Becoming all you can be”