Significance of Freud Popularized the idea of the unconscious Started psychoanalysisFounded Psychodynamic theory Ended the notion that evil spirits caused mental illness Methods for tapping the unconscious ID: 290410
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Freud & Personality TheoriesSlide2
Significance of Freud:
Popularized the idea of the unconscious
Started psychoanalysis/Founded Psychodynamic theory
Ended the notion that evil spirits caused mental illnessSlide3
Methods for tapping the unconscious:
Hypnosis
"Talking therapy"
Free associationSlide4
Personality structure:
Id
Ego
SuperegoSlide5
Part of the ego's job is to protect the conscious mind from threatening thoughts buried in the unconscious- It uses defense mechanismsSlide6
Psychosexual Stages:
Stage/Age
Gratification
Possible Problems
Oral (0-1)
Sucking, eating, biting
Smoking, 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 genitalia
Jealousy, sexual conquests, problems with parents
Latency (6-puberty)
Sexual feelings are repressed
Excessive modesty, homosexuality
Genital (puberty/adult)
Sexual relationships
NoneSlide7
Oedipus complex
Occurs during the phallic stage
Electra complex is the female versionSlide8
Which of these theorists is Freud?
PBS: Which one is Freud?Slide9
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 idSlide10
Karen Horney
Disagreed with Freud's emphasis on sexual instincts. Felt environmental & social factors during childhood are at the root of personality.Slide11
Erik Erikson
Felt the parent-child relationship was key to personality developmentSlide12
Other theories:
Behaviorist
Humanistic (Carl Rogers, Maslow)
Trait theories
Biological