Download Personality Theories - Mr. Hunsaker`s Classes

Unique
and
stable
ways
people
think,
feel,
and
behave
ersonality
Four Main Perspectives
Psychodynamic
Behavioral
Humanistic
Trait
Four Main Perspectives
Psychodynamic
Behavioral
Humanistic
Trait
Freud’s Psychodynamic View
• Freud believed mind divided into
three parts.
• Conscious mind - level of the mind
that is aware of immediate
surroundings and perceptions.
• Preconscious mind – level of the
mind in which information is
available but not currently
conscious.
Freud’s Psychodynamic View
• Unconscious mind - level of the
mind in which thoughts, feelings,
memories, and other information
are kept that are not easily or
voluntarily brought into
consciousness.
– Can be revealed in dreams and Freudian slips of
the tongue.
Freud’s Conception of the
Personality
Conscious: Contact
with outside world
Preconscious: Material
just beneath the surface
of awareness
Unconscious: Difficult
to retrieve material;
well below the surface
of awareness
Freud's Theory: Parts of Personality
• Id - part of the personality present
at birth and completely
unconscious.
– Pleasure principle - principle by which the id
functions; the immediate satisfaction of needs
without regard for the consequences.
Freud's Theory: Parts of Personality
• Ego - part of the personality that
develops out of a need to deal with
reality, mostly conscious, rational,
and logical.
– Reality principle - principle by which the ego
functions; the satisfaction of the demands of the
id only when negative consequences will not
result.
Freud's Theory: Parts of Personality
• Superego - part of the personality
that acts as a moral center.
– Conscience - part of the superego that produces
pride or guilt, depending on how well behavior
matches or does not match the ego ideal.
Freud’s Conception of the
Personality
Ego
Conscious: Contact with
outside world
Superego
ID
Preconscious: Material
just beneath the surface of
awareness
Unconscious: Difficult to
retrieve material; well below
the surface of awareness
Freud's Theory: Stages of
Personality Development
• Psychosexual stages - five stages
of personality development
proposed by Freud and tied to the
sexual development of the child.
Psychosexual Stages
Stages of Personality Development
– Fixation: Unresolved
psychosexual stage conflict
• “Stuck” in stage of
development
– Psychosexual stages:
• Five stages of personality
• Tied to sexual development
Psychological Defense Mechanisms
Psychological defense
mechanisms:
Unconscious distortions
of a person’s perception
of reality that reduce
stress and anxiety
Assignment
• Read pages 376-381 in blue book
• Complete the guided reading sheet (due
tomorrow)