PerDev

• Personality

  • It is the reflection of an inner self
• Personality

  Refers to the unique and relatively enduring set of

  behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and motives that

  characterize an individual
• Personality is influenced by both Nature and Nurture
• Nature - heredity & genetic make-up
• Nurture - our environmental exposure &

  experiences & cultural backgrounds
• LIBIDO - sex urge; creative energy; libog
• EROGENOUS ZONE - an area of the body that is

  particularly sensitive to sexual stimulation
• SIGMUND FREUD’S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY

  Developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,

  Freud's theory revolutionized our understanding of

  human behavior, personality, and mental health.
• THREE STRUCTURES OF THE MIND

  ID (Unconscious Mind)

  Ego (Both the conscious and unconscious mind)

  Superego (Both the conscious and unconscious mind)
• THREE STRUCTURES OF THE MIND

  ID

  • It consists of unconscious drives and desires

  seeking immediate gratification without regard

  for consequences. Pleasure principle
• THREE STRUCTURES OF THE MIND

  Ego

  • The rational mediator between the id's desires, external reality, and the superego's moral standards operates on the reality principle.
• THREE STRUCTURES OF THE MIND

  Superego

  strives for perfection and

  imposes moral judgments and guilt on the

  individual's actions.
• Conscience - which punishes behaviors

  that violate moral standards.
• Ego-ideal - which rewards behaviors that

  align with moral standards.
• FREUD'S ICEBERG THEORY

  Conscious level (Above the Water) - Thoughts & perceptions

  Preconscious level (Water's Surface) - Memories & stored knowledge

  Unconscious level ( Below the Water) - Violent motives, fears, unacceptable sexual desires, immoral urges, irrational wishes, selfish needs, shameful experiences
• Introverts - people who tend to be quiet, imaginative,

  and more interested in ideas than people.
• Extrovert - people who tend to be sociable, outgoing,

  and interested in people and things
• ARCHETYPES - are recurring patterns or symbols found in

  literature, mythology, and human experience.
• Anima - Female component of the male psyche
• Animus - Masculine component of the female

  psyche
• George Herbert Mead

  ● Self is a product of an individual’s social interaction

  with another individual
• Self-Ideal

  ● It pertains to the perfect image of the self that the

  individual would like to attain.
• Self-Identity

  ● Molded by various factors, ID

  ● Begins to understand the significant symbols that

  represent his mother, father, etc.
• Self-Evaluation

  ● Important to become lifelong learners

  ● Helps to assess what they know and not and what

  they would like to know.
• Self-Direction

  ● Used to describe the freedom that a person has

  regarding their own identity

  ● A self-directed person maintains his control and

  freedom of action

  ● Short and long-term goals
• If the same ability is used many times in the same

  situation, then it becomes a habit that runs

  automatically, and subconsciously.