Family Living 120

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Family Living 120

• Personality Theories, Continued

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In Todays Class

• Objectives
• Define the following Personality
  Psychoanalysis Unconscious Nurturing
• To list the most important factors that influence
  personality.
• To know the four classifications of personality
  traits, and the possibilities for improving your
  own personality.
• Concept
• Personality is related to the past through
  heredity and our experiences. It is related to
  the future because it gives a degree of
  predictability regarding future behavior.

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Generalizations

• It is generally agreed that personality
  represents the totality of ones being.
• The three mechanisms operating in personality
  development are Identification, Introjection,
  Sublimation

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Psychoanalysts Summary Lewin

• According to Lewins Theory there are three
  elements of Self
• The Personal Self
• The Social Self
• The Ideal Self

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Psychoanalysts Summary Freud

• Freud separated an individuals thinking into
  three parts in his Development of the Concept of
  Self
• Id
• Ego
• Super-Ego

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Psychoanalyst Summary Jung

• Jung believed that each individual has some
  traits of the extrovert and some of the introvert
  but that one tendency predominates. Others
  suggest we are ambiverts.

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Psychoanalysts Summary Adler

• Adler believed that the will to excel is an
  individuals primary motive. This he called
  determinism inferiority complex arose from a
  failure to excel in a number of areas.
• There are three main factors that influence a
  childs personality development Their home
  atmosphere their discipline and their adult
  models.

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Psychoanalysts Summary Sheldon

• Sheldon believed that your personality depended
  on your body type.
• Ectomorph Thin, nervous, dont like to get
  involved
• Mesomorph Muscular, aggressive
• Endomorph Rounded, soft bodies, sense of humor,
  good eaters, and good sleepers.

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Psychoanalysts Summary Erikson

• Erikson described eight overlapping stages in the
  growth of self (emotional). Each stage was
  characterized by a shift in the way the
  individual views himself or herself. Identity
  crisis.

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Steps to Change Personality

• Many aspects of the personality can be changed if
  the individual recognizes the need for change.