Personality ADAPTING TO THE WORLD. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Explain different psychological perspectives...

Personality

ADAPTING TO THE WORLD

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

•Explain different psychological perspectives on personality

•Point out criticisms & revisions

•Describe shared principles

•Describe the value of each perspective

Organizing the Information

Value

Criticisms

Features

Beliefs

People

Describe Shared

Princip

les

Point out

criticisms

Describe Value

Explain different

perspectives

Psychodynamic PerspectiveWhen

inspiration does

not come to

me, I go

halfway to meet

it.SIGMUND FREUD

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory

Underlying Beliefs Societal Influences

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality

Theory based on unconscious [sexual] drives and hidden impulses rooted in childhood development

Behaviors are a result of conflicts between levels of consciousness

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality

•Defense Mechanisms• Repression• Displacement• Rationalization• Sublimation• Projection• Reaction Formation• Denial• Regression

(Anna) Freud’s Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality

REDUCES ANXIETY WHY?

You get your own little interpretation of

reality

Created all for you

Deep in your subconscious

The sexual life of adult women is a “dark continent” for psychology.SIGMUND FREUD

• Focus on sex• Heavily influenced by beliefs

• Lack of evidence• Theories too universal• Stress on childhood• Stress on unconscious• Stress on neuroses• Omits socio cultural• Omits healthy behaviors

Criticisms & Revisions of Freud’s Psychodynamic Approach

• Karen Horney: feminist response

• Carl Jung: collective unconscious

• Alfred Adler:individual compensation

Organizing the Information

Value

Criticisms

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People

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Princip

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criticisms

Describe Value

Explain different

perspectives

Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious. CARL JUNG

Psychodynamic/

Analytical Theory

Conscious and unconscious are both in the service of the individual, who uses them to further personal goals. ALFRED ADLER

Psychodynamic/

Individual Psychology

Organizing the Information

Value

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People

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criticisms

Describe Value

Explain different

perspectives

The more we learn about man’s natural tendencies, the easier it will be to tell him how to be good, how to be happy, how to be fruitful, how to respect himself, how to love, how to fulfill his highest potentialities … Abraham Maslow

Humanistic Perspective

Maslow’s Humanistic Approach to Personality

Critical Response Emphasis on Positive

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned to learn…and change….CARL ROGERS

Humanistic Perspective

Rogers’sHumanistic Approach to Personality

Innate Ingredients Happiness/Unhappiness

Organizing the Information

Value

Criticisms

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Beliefs

People

Describe Shared

Princip

les

Point out

criticisms

Describe Value

Explain different

perspectives

Trait Perspectives

O.C.E.A.N.

TraitPerspectives

Organizing the Information

Value

Criticisms

Features

Beliefs

People

Describe Shared

Princip

les

Point out

criticisms

Describe Value

Explain different

perspectives