1. Proposed by Viennese psychiatrist Sigmund Freud
2. Holds that the human personality is controlled by unconscious mental processes developed in early childhood
3. Human personality contains three major components: id, ego and superego
Id
Has a primitive and instinctive nature, provides the energy used
Ego
Exists to deal rationally with the id's basic drives, mediates between the forces that operate on the id
Superego
Acts as the moral brake or counterforce to the practical concerns of the ego, sets out a series of guidelines that define and limit the ego's flexibility
Cathexis(ID)
A relationship or connection between a need and an object that satisfies the need
Anti-cathexis
The inhibition of an impulse either the ego or the superego
Anxiety
Fear or nervousness about what might happen
Three kinds of anxiety
Reality anxiety-caused by real, objective sources of danger
Neurotic anxiety-fear that the id's impulses will overwhelm the ego
Moral anxiety-fear of doing something contrary to the superego
Libido
The psychic energy associated with eros (the life/love instinct)
Thanatos
The death instinct, prompts a person to return to the inorganic state that preceded life
Psychosexual stages of development
1. Oral stage/Infancy
2. Anal stage/Toddler
3. Phallic stage/Preschool
4. Latency/School-age
5. Genital stage/Adolescence
Fixation
If the child encounters conflict in any psychosexual stage, they can become fixated later in life and exhibit behavioral traits from that stage
Analytical psychology
A theory of mind that emphasizes the importance of wholeness for each individual, suggests early experiences are important in personality development, and recognizes the role of cultural shifts and archetypes
Ego
Concerned with thinking, feeling, remembering, and perceiving, responsible for carrying out the functions of everyday life and our sense of identity and continuity
Personal unconscious
Consists of materials that were once conscious but later repressed or forgotten, or which were not vivid enough to make a conscious impression
Collective unconscious
The collective experiences of humans in their evolutionary past or the accumulation of ancestral experiences, manifested in dreams, fantasies, images and symbols
Persona
The part of the psyche by which we are known, representing only a small part of one's psyche
Archetypes
Cause males to have feminine traits and provide a framework within which males interact with females (anima), and give females some masculine traits and a framework that guides her relationship with men (animus)
Shadow
The darkest and deepest part of the psyche, containing all animal instincts inherited from pre-human ancestors
Self
The component of the psyche that attempts to harmonize all the other components, striving for unity, wholeness and integration of the total personality
Functions of thought
Sensing
Thinking
Feeling
Intuiting
Stages of development under Analytic Psychology
1. Childhood (birth to adolescence)
2. Young adulthood (adolescence to 40)
3. Middle age (from 40 to later years of life)
Introverted-subjective
According to Carl Jung, this refers to a focus on the inner world and subjective experiences
Extraverted-objective
According to Carl Jung, this refers to a focus on the outer world and objective experiences
birth trauma
anxiety when they are separated from their mother at birth
oral stage/infancy
from birth up the end of 2nd year. the mouth region sucking, chewing and biting
anal stage/toddler
social control is developed through defecation and toilet training. OCD
phallic stage/preschool
pleasure by fonding his/her genitals. this stage si called FIXATED BEHAVIOR which means your behavior right now was being developed during this stage
latency/school age
environmental activities like playing and learning such as school work
genital stage/adolescence
puberty and beyond. attraction to opposite sex is expected