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Class 1: Mental Health, Stress, Coping (Continued Part VII) Personality,…
Class 1: Mental Health, Stress, Coping (Continued Part VII)
Personality, Psychoanalytic Theory
Personality
character traits
behavioral traits
temperament traits
inborne (innate personality)
how we react to the environment
Nurses need to know these to be able to communicate & recognize maladaptive behaviors
emotional traits
mental traits
ALL unique to individual
changes overtime
The ENVIRONMENT CAN influence our developmental pattern
grow up in dysfunction > become dysfunctional
Personality Theories
tell us diff. stages one passes through DEVELOPMENTALLY
identified by age
BIG QUESTION BEING ASKED > ARE BEHAVIORS AGE- APPROPRIATE?
Developmental Stages CAN OVERLAP (esp. Pediatrics)
Personality Disorders/Psychopathology Present
fixated at lower level
age-inappropriate behaviors
focuses on lower level tasks
personality traits are INFLEXIBLE and functioning is impaired= PERSONALITY DISORDER
regression that is SUSTAINED > can indicate disorder
Psychoanalytic Theory
Freud (1960's) "Father of Psychology"
the FIRST to identify development by STAGES
the FIRST 5 YEARS = MOST IMPORTANT for character & personality development
My 600 lb. Life - trend- child abuse