1. Myers Ch. 10
Personality

2. Four Theories 1) Psychoanalytic Perspective 2) Humanistic Perspective
3) Trait Perspective
4) Social-Cognitive Perspective

3. Handout 10-3—Psychoanalytic Theory
Reverse 1, 2, 7, 9, 13, and 15
Add all 15 items
Range 15-75—higher scores reflecting a greater agreement with Freud

4. Say hello to our boy, Freud
Psychoanalytic Theory: personality is derived from childhood sexuality and unconscious motivations
In other words…
if you are a woman you have always wanted a penis…
if you are a man you have always been afraid of losing yours…you’ve probably always had a mad crush on your mom too.
Say hello to our boy, Freud

5. Exploring the unconscious
Structure of Personality
ID—the out of control pleasure seeker
EGO—the compromiser
SUPEREGO—uptight rule follower

6. Freudian Activity Time!
Find your fellow components of my psychoanalytic personality

7. The Psychosexual stages

8. Phallic stage—males
Oedipus Complex—boys figure out they have a penis, they’re pretty pumped about it, they develop unconscious sexual desires for their moms, and become afraid of their dads finding out and castrating them.

9. Phallic stage--females
Penis envy—you get mad at your mom because she didn’t give you a penis.
Electra Complex—girls get jealous of their moms and compete for possession of their father.

10. Phallic stage Good news…superego develops and identification happens
Bad news…if you don’t make it out of this stage in one piece you are going to forever to search for a mother-like figure for a significant other.

11. Fixations
—when the psychosexual stages don’t really turn out that well for you…
Oral fixation—smoking, excessive eating, chewing on pens
Anal fixation—need for control, hatred of waste, ”you’re being anal” = pop culture + Freud.
Phallic fixation—homosexuality, authority issues, rejection of gender norms

12. Assessing the Unconscious
Psychoanalysis
Free association
Projective Tests
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Rorschach inkblot test

13. Rorschach vs. TAT

14. Defense mechanisms 1) Repression 2) Regression 3) Reaction Formation
4) Projection
5) Rationalization
6) Displacement
7) Sublimation
8) Denial

15. Neo Freudians Karen Horney—gender bias
Alfred Adler—inferiority complex
Carl Jung—collective unconscious

16. 2) Humanistic Personality Theory
Focus on the self
Focus on the positive
Abraham Maslow—self-actualization
Carl Rogers—unconditional positive regard
Very pervasive in pop-psychology (i.e., ‘the self-esteem’ movement)

17. 3) Trait theory Trait—pattern of behavior Gordon Allport Hans Eysenck
MBTI—Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
MMPI

18. The Big five--online assessment
Costa & McCrae
Best trait personality test to date
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Openness
Extraversion
(OCEAN)

19. Extroversion vs. Introversion
How do you define these personality types?
Which one are you?

20. 4) social-cognitive perspective
Albert Bandura—reciprocal determinism
Our personality is shaped by cognition, environment, and behavior

21. Person vs. situation? Self-monitor assessment in packet
Do we display different personalities in different situations?
What do the following say about your personality?
Music preference
Bedroom/personal space
Facebook profile
/text communication

22. Internal vs. external locus of control
Julian Rotter
Martin Seligman—
learned helplessness

23. Dear Future Self...
Write a letter to your future self applying insight gained from the personality assessments you have taken over the last week. What did you learn about yourself? What aspects of your personality do you hope are stable? What aspects do you hope to change and how?
Your letter should address a humanistic perspective, trait theory, and social-cognitive.