Sigmund Freud Personality Psychology
History Freud's Personal History Born: May 6, 1856 in Moravia (turned into Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) Died: September 23, 1939 in London of cancer Lived: Eighty years in Vienna, Austria until Nazis invaded in 1838
History Freud's Personal History Very intelligent child. Mother’s favorite… “My golden Sigi” Married Martha Bernays, had 6 children. Anna followed in his footsteps. Career in Medicine/Wanted to be a researcher.
History Freud's Professional History Studied physiology – believed body was a closed system and thought reductionism could be applied to mind. Interest in Hypnosis Treatment of Hysteria
Theory – Fundamental Assumptions Core of Personality Psychic Determinism Hydraulic System – Homeostasis Psychic Energy - Closed System Libido Cathexis Life & Death Instinct
Levels of Consciousness Conscious Preconscious Unconscious
Personality Structures Id Pleasure Principle Primary Process Thought Wish Fulfillment Ego Reality Principle Secondary Process Thought Superego Ego Ideal Conscience Guilt
Anxiety Types Objective Neurotic Ego vs. Id Moral Ego vs. Superego
Defense Mechanism Repression Denial Displacement Rationalization Reaction formation Regression Projection Sublimation Identification/Introjection Intellectualization Undoing
Psychosexual Stages Fixations Oral (0-1) Expulsive Retentive Anal (1-3) Expulsive Retentive Phallic (3-6) Latency (6-12) Genital (Adolescence)