Personality Theories

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Personality Theories

• FREUD
• JUNG
• MASLOW
• SKINNER
• ROGERS
• YOU pick and choose.

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PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES

• SIGMUND FREUD
• FATHER OF PSYCHOLOGY

Born May 5, 1856 Austria Died in 1939

• USE OF
• PSYCHOANALYTIC
• TECHNIQUE

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PSYCHOANALYSIS

• TALKED TO AND LISTENED TO HIS PATIENTS THEN TRIED
  TO SURMISE PROBLEM

TRUST
SUCCESS RATE???
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FREUD DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT OF ID/EGO/SUPER EGO
TO EXPLAIN ONES STRUGGLES TO LIVE IN SOCIETY
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What dominates your life?

• ID

• EGO

• SUPER EGO

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PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
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THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

• HOW TO GET TO THE SUBCONSCIOS MIND?

One technique is FREE ASSOCIATION
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Buzan and Buzan Word Association Exercize
HAPPINESS
HAPPINESS
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FREUDIAN DEFENSE MECHANISMS
Goal-
To keep you from experiencing pain and avoid
anti-social behavior.
These are not necessarily bad habits, but they
may not be efficient
REPRESSION
Forget a painful event
DENIAL
I wasnt late ( in the face of reality)
Replace an unacceptable feeling or urge w/ its
opposite. Ex. Divorced parent resents having
child for weekend, feels guilty, so showers
child w/ affection, trips. Etc.
REACTION FORMATION
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DISPLACEMENT
Boss yells at dad, dad yells at mom, mom yells at
son, son yells at dog, dog barks at cat, etc.
Unacceptable activity channeled into acceptable
activity
SUBLIMATION
Believe impulses coming from within are really
coming from other people.
PROJECTION
RATIONALIZATION
Excuses
IDENTIFICATION
achieve feeling of self-worth by accepting the
values of a powerful individual
COMPENSATION
Compensate subpar performance in one area w/
high achievement in another.
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Regress in character ( and age) to defend vs.
anxiety
REGRESSION
Achieve feeling of self-worth by day dreaming of
how life could be.
FANTASY
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FREUDIAN DEFENSE MECHANISMS
REPRESSION
Forget a painful event
DENIAL
I wasnt late ( in the face of reality)
REACTION FORMATION
Replace an unacceptable feeling or urge w/ its
opposite. Ex. Divorced parent resents having
child for weekend, feels guilty, so showers
child w/ affection, trips. Etc.
DISPLACEMENT
Boss yells at dad, dad yells at mom, mom yells at
son, son yells at dog, dog barks at cat, etc.
SUBLIMATION
Unacceptable activity channeled into acceptable
activity
PROJECTION
Believe impulses coming from within are really
coming from other people.
RATIONALIZATION
Excuses
IDENTIFICATION
achieve feeling of self-worth by accepting the
values of a powerful individual
COMPENSATION
Compensate subpar performance in one area w/
high achievement in another.
REGRESSION
Regress in character ( and age) to defend vs.
anxiety
FANTASY
Achieve feeling of self-worth by day dreaming of
how life could be.
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FREUD WAS A PRODUCT OF HIS TIME AND PLACE
Early 1900s in Austria
Worked mostly with the upper/middle class females
Repressed' sexual desires
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Libido-the instinct energy or force, contained in
what Freud called the id,

• 1) Oedipus Electra complex

2) PHALLIC SYMBOLS
3) THE CASE OF DORA (and her father, Herr K. and
Frau K.)
4) Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung