What do you see? Used as a personality test Originally used to
help diagnose mental disabilities didnt work Today used as a too to
get a feel for someone. Looking for a theme in a patients
responses. Never used by itself. The psychologists that followed
the main ideas is Sigmund Freud have kept the psychodynamic theory
of human personality alive and debated to this day More positive
the Freud People try to develop their potential and not just
control their urges Believed in the collective unconscious
Instinct, urges and memories that are passed from one generation to
another Universal ideas called archetypes Common threads of human
experience Common threads in all cultures Studied Dreams, poetry,
stories ect. Jack and the beanstalk the same as David and Goliath
Archetypes influence thoughts and values and lay the foundation of
personality Overcome feeling of inferiority Everyone struggles with
inferiority and we all work to over come it Napoleon Bonaparte
Inferiority Complex avoiding behaviors of inadequacy rather than
trying to overcome the source As we learn to do things we overcome
inadequacies Parents very influential in the lifestyle Over
pampering leads to self centered children Neglect leads to angry
and frustrated children Ideal: Child should learn self reliance and
courage from father and generosity and feeling for others from
there mother Motivated by Social Urges and that each person has a
unique personality Erich Fromm need to belong Freedom can bring
loneliness Karen Horney anxiety of childhood Hostility towards
parents because of anxiety Erik Erikson 8 levels of development all
people must go through importance of lives intersecting with others
Regular and AP What is the difference between personal unconscious
and the collective unconscious? What part of a personality id, ego,
or super ego- is the most important? Why? How are the neo-Freudians
different from Sigmund Freud? How might someone overcome and
inferiority complex? AP Create a cartoon the describes one of the
defense mechanism discussed yesterday?
