Upload
pravat
View
45
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Personality. Modules 28-29 Notes. Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality. Sigmund Freud proposed psychology’s first and most famous theory on personality: Personality- a person’s characteristic thoughts and behaviors - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
PersonalityModules 28-29 Notes
Psychodynamic Perspective on
PersonalitySigmund Freud proposed psychology’s first and most famous theory on personality:
Personality- a person’s characteristic thoughts and behaviorsPersonality emerges from tensions generated by unconscious motives and unresolved childhood conflicts
Psychodynamic Perspective on
PersonalityPsychoanalysis-Therapeutic technique that attempts to provide insight into thoughts and actions by exposing and interpreting the underlying unconscious motives and conflictsThis was accomplished by having the patient lay on a couch facing away from Freud and just freely talking about whatever came to mind
Psychodynamic Perspective on
PersonalityPsychodynamic Perspective:View of personality that retains some aspects of Freudian theory, but is less likely to see unresolved childhood conflicts as a source of personality developmentMaintains the emphasis on the unconscious mind
Freud’s View of the Mind
Theory developed from Freud’s observation that some of his patients had problems that didn’t have a physical causeFreud was a physician- if their problems weren’t physical, how could he treat them?By having his patients relax and speak freely (free association), he would get a view into their unconscious and begin to help them deal with their problems
Freud’s View of the Mind
Freud used an iceberg to illustrate the mindThe conscious mind is like the tip of the icebergJust below the water’s surface is the preconscious mind- info that is not conscious but is retrievableDeepest level is the unconscious- mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories
Freud’s View of the Mind
Personality grows out of basic human contact between the various levels of the mind:
IdSuperegoEgo
Freud’s View of the Mind
IdPresent at birthStrives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive needsPleasure principle- demands instant gratification
Freud’s View of the Mind
SuperegoInternal ideal and judgment (your conscience) Develops as children interact with parents, peers, and societyBasically focuses on what we should doWants perfection- weak superegos give in to temptation, strong superegos feel guilty
Freud’s View of the Mind
Ego-Largely conscious part of the personality that negotiates the demands of the id, superego, and realityReality principle- satisfy the id in ways that realistically being pleasure rather than pain
Defense MechanismsAnxiety occurs when the id’s wishes and desires come into conflict with the superego’s rulesDefense mechanisms are the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
Defense MechanismsRepression
Banishing provoking thoughts from consciousnessAim of psychoanalysis was to draw repressed conflicts back into the consciousness to allow healing
Defense MechanismsRegression
A person retreats to a more comfortable stage of lifeOlder sibling will want to be held in the presence of a newborn baby
Defense MechanismsDenial
Refusing to admit that something unpleasant is happeningThoughts of invincibility- “I can text and drive, nothing bad will happen to me”
Defense MechanismsReaction Formation
Making an unacceptable impulse into its opposite
Defense MechanismsProjection
Attributing threatening impulses to others“I don’t trust you” means that I really don’t trust myself
Defense MechanismsRationalization
Explaining things in a way that hides the actual reason for a behavior“I only smoke when I’m out with friends”Cheating on a test because nobody gets hurt
Defense MechanismsDisplacement
Shifting an unacceptable impulse towards a less threating object or personPunching a wall when you’re mad at a friend, for example
Defense MechanismsSublimation
Transforming negative emotions or actions into more positive behaviorsBeing a really aggressive person might make you good at playing football or rugby
Psychosexual StagesDuring each of these childhood stages, the Id is focused on different parts of the bodyUnresolved conflicts in any of these stages could cause problems later in life
Psychosexual StagesOral Stage-
1st 18 months of lifeChewing, sucking, bitingWeaning can be difficultFixation results in drinking, overeating, smoking, or nail biting
Psychosexual StagesAnal stage-
Lasts 18 months to 3 yearsBowel and bladder functionPotty training can be difficultFixation results in either wastefulness/messiness OR obsessiveness
Psychosexual StagesPhallic Stage-
Ages 3-6Pleasure shifts to genitalsFreud believed that boys felt love for their mothers and fear/jealously towards fathers
Psychosexual StagesLatency Stage-
6 years old to pubertyGrow closer to same-sex parentHow we gain our gender identityEgo and superego developFixation results in lack of social and communication skills
Psychosexual StagesGenital Stage-
Puberty to DeathStart experiencing sexual feelingsIf other stages have been completed successfully, one is well-balanced, warm, and caring
Assessing/Evaluating Psychodynamic
PerspectiveProjective Tests-Provide ambiguous stimuli to trigger projections of inner thoughts and feelings
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)-
Patients make up a story based on a random scene
Assessing/Evaluating Psychodynamic
PerspectiveRorschach Test-10 inkblots are shown to patientsResponses are compared to “average” responsesNot a reliable test
Assessing/Evaluating Psychodynamic
PerspectiveWeaknesses of Freud’s work:Based on cases studies of troubled, upper-class, Austrian women 100 years agoDevelopment does not end in childhoodGender identity is not dependent on traditional family model (mother and father present)Underestimates peer influence on personalityChildren under 3 are not capable of emotional traumaFreud’s methods involved leading questionsResearch is biased towards malesTheory is not scientific
Humanistic PerspectiveFocuses on conscious experiencesFocuses on free will and creative abilitiesStudies all factors relevant to human condition (not just observable behaviors)While Freud only studied “sick” patients, Humanists believe “healthy” should be studied as well
Humanistic PerspectiveMaslow and self-actualization
Must satisfy basic needs before moving on to higher levelsUsed people such as Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt as benchmarks for living a “productive and rich” life
Humanistic Perspective
Humanistic PerspectiveCarl Rodgers and Person-Centered Approach
People will flourish when given acceptance, genuineness, and empathyUnconditional positive regard- total acceptance toward another personWe mature by being genuine about our feelings and aren’t afraid to disclose details to othersWe also need to be empathetic about other’s feelings
Humanistic PerspectiveTo assess personality, humanists have patients evaluate their self-concept (our thoughts and feelings about ourselves)
Humanistic PerspectiveProblems with Humanistic Perspective
Unconditional positive regard for children can be interpreted as never disciplining, criticizing, or denying a child (saying no)
Trait PerspectiveTraits- aspects of personality that relatively consistentIn the early days, personality was associated with body types
Overweight people were jollyThin people were high strung
Trait PerspectiveMost accepted model of Trait perspective is known as the “Big 5”
ConscientiousnessAgreeablenessNeuroticismOpennessExtraversion
Trait Perspective
Trait PerspectiveTesting is done through personality inventories, which gauge a range of feelings and behaviorsTesting can be faulty as we may behave one way in certain situations, and different in othersTesting also does not tell us why we behave the way we do- just how we behave
Social-Cognitive Perspective
Understanding personality involves considering how people are affected by a particular situation, by what they have learned, by how they think, and by how they interact socially
Social-Cognitive Perspective
Personal ControlOur perception on how much we control our environmentExternal locus of control- forces outside ourselves determine our fateInternal locus of control- you are in control of your fate
Social-Cognitive Perspective
Learned helplessnessFeeling that you can’t avoid bad eventsCan lead to depression
Positive psychologyStudy of optimal human functioning and the factors that allow people to thriveOptimism is a key factor- but can be overdone
Social-Cognitive Perspective
Issues with the perspective:Makes humans into stimulus-response creaturesUnseen motives (greed, revenge) are discounted
Bottom line: personality cannot be clearly defined by one perspective of study