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Psychology:
A Concise Introduction
2nd Edition
Richard Griggs
Chapter 8
Prepared by
J. W. Taylor V
Personality
A persons internally based
characteristic ways of
acting and thinking
The Journey
The Psychoanalytic
Approach to Personality
Freudian Classical Psychoanalytic
Theory of Personality
Neo-Freudian Theories
of Personality
Freuds
Three-Part Personality Structure
Id
Ego
Superego
The Id
The Ego
The Superego
Regression
Displacement
Unknowingly placing an
Not remembering a
unpleasant memory or
traumatic incident in
thought in the unconscious which you witnessed a
crime
Reverting back to
Throwing temper tantrums
immature behavior from an as an adult when you
earlier stage of
dont get your way
development
Redirecting unacceptable
Taking your anger toward
feelings from the original
your boss out on your
source to a safer substitute spouse or children by
target
yelling at them and not
your boss
Replacing socially
unacceptable impulses
with socially acceptable
behavior
Channeling aggressive
drives into playing football
or inappropriate sexual
desires into art
Reaction
Formation
Being overprotective of
and lavishing attention on
an unwanted child
Projection
Justifying cheating on an
exam by saying that
everyone else cheats
Unhealthy Personalities
Freuds
Psychosexual Stage Theory
Oral
(birth to 1 years)
Anal
(1 to 3 years)
Anus
Phallic
(3 to 6 years)
Genitals
Latency
(6 years to puberty)
No erogenous
zone
Genital
(puberty to
adulthood)
Genitals
Development of sexual
relationships, moving
toward intimate adult
relationships
Potty Training
Identification
Evaluation of Freuds
Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality
Evaluation of Freuds
Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality
Neo-Freudian
Theories of Personality
Carl Jungs
Collective
Unconscious
Alfred Adlers
Striving for
Superiority
Karen Horney
and the
Need for
Security
Carl Jungs
Collective Unconscious
Carl Jungs
Collective Unconscious
Alfred Adlers
Striving for Superiority
Alternative Approaches
The Humanistic
Approach to Personality
Self-Actualization
Critique
Emphasized self-actualization
Believe that people have a strong need for
positive regard to be accepted by and have
the affection of others, especially the significant
others in our life
The Social-Cognitive
Approach to Personality
Is research-based by combining
elements of three major research perspectives
Cognitive
Behavioral
Sociocultural
Banduras Self-System
Locus of Control
Self-Perception
Self-Perception
Learned Helplessness
and Depression
The biological basis for the extraversionintroversion trait is level of cortical arousal
(neuronal activity)
People who are high on the neuroticismemotional stability dimension tend to be overly
anxious, emotionally unstable, and easily upset
because of a more reactive sympathetic nervous
system
The psychoticism-impulse control trait is
concerned with aggressiveness, impulsiveness,
and empathy
High End
Low End
Openness
Independent, imaginative,
broad interests, receptive
to new ideas
Conforming, practical,
narrow interests, closed to
new ideas
Conscientiousness
Well-organized,
dependable, careful,
disciplined
Disorganized,
undependable, careless,
impulsive
Extraversion
Sociable, talkative,
friendly, adventurous
Agreeableness
Tough-minded, rude,
irritable, ruthless
Neuroticism
Emotional, insecure,
nervous, self-pitying
Personality Assessment
Personality
Inventories
Projective
Tests
Personality Inventories
MMPI
MMPI
Projective Tests