1. Psychodynamic Theory Personality involves several factors:
Instinctual drives – food, sex, aggression
Unconscious processes
Early childhood influences – especially the parents
Personality development depends on the interplay of instinct and environment during the first five years of life

2. The Unconscious www.psychlotron.org.uk Thoughts Perceptions Memories
The conscious. The small amount of mental activity we know about.
The preconscious. Things we could be aware of if we wanted or tried.
The unconscious. Things we are unaware of and can not become aware of.
Thoughts
Perceptions
Memories
Stored knowledge
Fears
Unacceptable sexual desires
Violent motives
Irrational wishes
Immoral urges
Selfish needs
Shameful experiences
Traumatic experiences
Bad
Worse
Really Bad

3. The Psyche (Personality)
Id:
Instincts
Ego:
Reality
Superego:
Morality

4. Psychosexual Stages Oral Anal Phallic Latent Genital
The mouth – sucking, swallowing etc.
EGO develops
Anal
The anus – withholding or expelling faeces
Phallic
The penis or clitoris - masturbation
SUPEREGO develops
Latent
Little or no sexual motivation present
Genital
The penis or vagina – sexual intercourse

5. Fixation Oral Anal Phallic Forceful feeding Deprivation Early weaning
Oral activities (e.g. smoking), dependency, aggression.
Anal
Toilet training:
Too harsh
Too lax
Obsessiveness, tidiness, mean-ness; untidiness, generosity
Phallic
Abnormal family set-up leading to unusual relationship with mother/father
Vanity, self-obsession, sexual anxiety , inadequacy, inferiority, envy