DYNAMIC THEOREY OF PERSONALITY

Freud’s Dynamic Theory of Personality

Freud believed that unconscious material often seeps through to the conscious level in distorted disguised, or symbolic forms

Dream analysis was particularly important to Freud ,Beneath the surface images (manifest content) of a dream lies the true, hidden, unconscious meaning of the dream symbols (latent content)

The unconscious also can be revealed in unintentional actions, Such as accidents, mistakes, instances of forgetting and Slips by the tongue.

SIGMUND FREUDS THEOREY

The ID- energy constantly striving to satisfy basic drives Pleasure Principles.

The EGO- seeks to gratify the Id in realistic ways Reality Principle

The Super Ego- voice of conscience that focuses on how we ought to behave

EgoSuperEgo

Id

PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES

The Oral Stage (Birth to about age 1)

The Anal stage (ages 1-3)

The Phallic Stage (ages 3-6)

Oedipal Conflict

Latency Period (ages 7-12)

PERSONALITY DYNAMICS

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.

ANXIETY & DEFENCE.

DEFENCE MECHANISMS

Defense Mechanisms reduce/redirectanxiety by distorting reality

When the inner wargets out of hand, the

result is Anxiety

Ego protects itself viaDefense Mechanisms

MAJOR DEFENCE MECHANISMS

Repression - banishes certain thoughts/feelings from consciousness (underlies all other defense mechanisms)

Regression - retreating to earlier stage of fixateddevelopment

Reaction Formation - ego makes unacceptable impulses appear as their opposites

Projection - attributes threatening impulses to others

Rationalization - generate self-justifying explanations to hide the real reasons for our actions

Displacement - divert impulses toward a moreacceptable object

Sublimation - transform unacceptable impulse into something socially valued