1. Thinking About Psychology The Science of Mind and Behavior 3e
Charles T. Blair-Broeker & Randal M. Ernst
PowerPoint Presentation Slides
by Kent Korek
Germantown High School
Worth Publishers, © 2012

2. Individual Variation Domain

3. Personality

4. Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
Module 28
Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality

5. Module Overview The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality
The Humanistic Perspective on Personality
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6. The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality
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7. Personality
An individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

8. Sigmund Freud ( )
Founder of psychoanalysis, a controversial theory about the workings of the unconscious mind.
A person’s thoughts and behaviors emerge from tension generated by unconscious motives and unresolved childhood conflicts.

9. Psychoanalysis Freud’s theory of personality;
also a therapeutic technique that attempts to provide insight into one’s thoughts and actions
by exposing and interpreting the underlying unconscious motives and conflicts.

10. Psychodynamic Perspective
A view of personality that retains some aspects of Freudian theory
(such as the importance of unconscious thought processes)
but is less likely to see unresolved childhood conflicts as a source of personality development.

11. The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality: Freud’s View of the Mind
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12. Free Association
A method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing.

13. Conscious Mind
The thoughts and feelings one is currently aware of

14. Preconscious Mind
According to Freud, a region of the mind holding information that is not conscious but is retrievable into conscious awareness.
Holds thoughts and memories not in one’s current awareness but can easily be retrieved

15. Unconscious Mind
According to Freud, a region of the mind that is a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories.

16. The Mind According to Freud

17. Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality: The Id, Ego, and Superego
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18. Freud’s Concept of the “Id”
The part of personality that , according to Freud, consists of unconscious, psychic energy and
strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives;
operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.
Is present from birth

19. Freud’s Concept of the “Superego”
The part of personality that , according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the consciences) and for future aspirations.
One’s conscience; focuses on what the person “should” do

20. Freud’s Concept of the “Ego”
The largely conscious, “executive” part of personality that, according to Freud, negotiates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality;
operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id’s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.

21. Freud’s Id, Ego and Superego

22. The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality: Defense Mechanisms
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23. Defense Mechanisms
In psychoanalytic theory, the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.

24. Repression
Puts anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories into the unconscious mind
The basis for all other defense mechanisms

25. Defense Mechanisms

26. Regression
Allows an anxious person to retreat to a more comfortable, infantile stage of life

27. Defense Mechanisms

28. Denial
Lets an anxious person refuse to admit that something unpleasant is happening

29. Defense Mechanisms

30. Reaction Formation
Reverses an unacceptable impulse, causing the person to express the opposite of the anxiety-provoking, unconscious feeling

31. Defense Mechanisms

32. Projection
Disguises threatening feelings of guilty anxiety by attributing the problems to others

33. Defense Mechanisms

34. Rationalization
Displaces real, anxiety-provoking explanations with more comforting justifications for one’s actions

35. Defense Mechanisms

36. Displacement
Shifts an unacceptable impulse toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person

37. Defense Mechanisms

38. Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality: Freud’s Psychosexual Stages
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39. Psychosexual Stages Childhood stages of development
(oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital)
during which , according to Freud, the id’s pleasure seeking energies focus on different parts of the body .
A person can become “fixated” or stuck at a stage, leading to problems as an adult

40. Oral Stage Pleasure comes from chewing, biting, and sucking.
Weaning can be a conflict at this stage.

41. Freud’s Stages of Development

42. Anal Stage Gratification comes from bowel and bladder functions.
Potty training can be a conflict at this stage.

43. Freud’s Stages of Development

44. Phallic Stage The pleasure zone shifts to the genitals.
Boys cope with incestuous feelings toward their mother and rival feelings toward their dad (Oedipus conflict).
Electra Complex

45. Freud’s Stages of Development

46. Latency Stage Sexual feelings are dormant.
Child identifies with and tries to mimic the same sex parent to learn gender identity.

47. Freud’s Stages of Development

48. Genital Stage
Begins at puberty with the maturation of sexual interests

49. Freud’s Stages of Development

50. The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality: The Neo-Freudians
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51. Neo-Freudians
Followers of Freud’s theories but developed theories of their own in areas where they disagreed with Freud
Includes Adler, Jung, and Horney

52. Alfred Adler ( )
Neo-Freudian who thought social tensions were more important than sexual tensions in the development of personality.
Believed psychological problems were the result of feelings of inferiority

53. Inferiority Complex
According to Adler, a condition that comes from being unable to compensate for normal inferiority feelings.

54. Carl Jung (Yoo-ng)( )
Neo-Freudian who believed that humans share a collective unconscious.

55. Collective Unconscious
Jung’s concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our ancestors.
Information everyone knows from birth
Archetypes – universal symbols found in stories, myths, and art

56. Karen Horney (HORN-eye)(1885-1952)
Neo-Freudian who found psychoanalysis negatively biased toward women and
believed cultural variables are the foundation of personality development.

57. Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality: Assessing Personality From a Psychodynamic Perspective
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58. Projective Tests A personality test, such as the Rorschach or TAT,
that provides ambiguous stimuli to trigger projection of one’s inner thoughts and feelings.

59. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
A projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes.
The person makes up a story of a picture they are shown

60. Rorschach Inkblot Test
The most widely used personality test used projective test is a set of 10 inkblots designed to identify people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots.

61. Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality: Evaluating the Psychodynamic Perspective
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62. Updating Freud’s Theory
Most psychodynamic psychologists agree:
Sex is not the basis of personality.
People do not “fixate” at various stages of development.
Much of a person’s mental life is unconscious.
People struggle with inner conflicts, and childhood experiences shape us.

63. The Humanistic Perspective on Personality
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64. Humanistic Psychology
A perspective that focuses on the study of conscious experience, the individual’s freedom to choose, and capacity for personal growth.
Emphasizes conscious experience
Focuses on free will and creative abilities
Studies all factors relavent to the human condition

65. Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
The Humanistic Perspective on Personality: Abraham Maslow and Self-Actualization
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66. Abraham Maslow ( )
Humanistic psychologist who proposed the hierarchy of needs, with self-actualization as one of the ultimate psychological needs.

67. Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow’s pyramid of human needs, beginning at the base with physiological needs, proceeding through safety needs and then to psychological needs
Higher-level needs won’t become active until lower-level needs have been satisfied.

68. Self-Actualization
According to Maslow, an ultimate psychological need that
arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved;
the motivation to realize out full and unique potential.

69. Self-Actualization Characteristics include:
Self aware and self accepting
Open, spontaneous, loving, and caring
Not paralyzed by other’s opinions
Focused on a particular task
Involved in few deep relationships
Have been moved to peak experiences

70. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

71. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

72. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

73. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

74. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

75. Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
The Humanistic Perspective on Personality: Carl Rogers and the Person-Centered Approach
Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality

76. Carl Rogers ( )
Humanistic psychologist who developed client-centered therapy and
stressed the importance of acceptance, genuineness, and empathy in fostering human growth.

77. Unconditional Positive Regard
According to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person.
People can be more open with those that express unconditional positive regard towards.

78. Genuineness
Freely expressing one’s feelings and not being afraid to disclose details about oneself

79. Empathy Sharing thoughts and understanding
Listening and reflecting the other person’s feelings

80. Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
The Humanistic Perspective on Personality: Assessing Personality and the Self From a Humanistic Perspective
Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality

81. Self-Concept
All our thoughts and feelings about ourselves in answer to the question “Who am I?”

82. Self-Concept versus Ideal Self

83. Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
The Humanistic Perspective on Personality: Evaluating the Humanistic Perspective
Module 28: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality

84. Evaluating Humanism
Humanism has influenced therapy, child-rearing, and the workplace
Laid the foundation for positive psychology

85. The End

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