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Psychoanalytic Theories of Personality, : : - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Id, Superego and Ego
        
        Id - biological components that are present at birth. Contains the sex instinct (life) - Eros and the aggressive instinct (death) - Thanatos.
        
        Superego - moral conscious, gathered from the environment, social expectations, friends, parents etc. The superego functions in order to prevent the Id's impulses that are not accepted in society.
        
        Ego - The ego's function is to mediate between the Id and the Ego. The Ego makes a compromise between the two that provides balance.
- - - - Animus is the archetype of reason and spirit in women. This is the male aspect of the female psyche, as the anima is the female aspect of male psyche
    - - In analytical psychology, the shadow is either an unconscious aspect of the personality that the conscious ego does not identify in itself, or the entirety of the unconscious, i.e., everything of which a person is not fully conscious
      - In short, the shadow is the unknown side
    - - The persona (or mask) is the outward face we present to the world. It conceals our real self
      - This is the public face or role a person presents to others as someone different to who we really are
    - - The self is an archetype that represents the unified unconsciousness and consciousness of an individual
      - Creating the self occurs through a process known as individuation, in which the various aspects of personality are integrated
  - - - Feeling types are more likely to take significant others feelings than thinking types. The feeling type can make more socially normative decisions whereas thinking is more selfish and about our own wants (Id, Ego and Superego?) Thinking types de-personalise decisions and feeling types personalise them.
  - - - Increase individual conciousness
    - - Shadow
      - The Anima/Animus
        
        (already talked about in Jungian Archetypes)
      - The self
- - - - Second-born children constantly feel as if they are in the shadow of their older siblings. They are constantly striving for superiority driven by the existence of their older and more powerful sibling. If the second-born is encouraged and supported, they will be able to attain power as well, and he and the first-born will work together.
    - - Youngest children are in a constant state of inferiority. They are always trying to prove themselves because of their perceptions of inferiority relative to the rest of their family. According to Adler, there are two types of youngest children. The more successful type excels every other member of the family, and becomes the family’s most capable member. The more unfortunate type of youngest child does not excel because they lack the necessary self-confidence. This child becomes evasive and avoidant towards the rest of the family.
    - - First-born children have advantages because their parents recognise them as the larger, the stronger and the older, especially if there are more siblings in the house.” This automatically gives the child a feeling of higher power and they learn to value that power
    - - Only children, according to Adler, are also an unfortunate case. Due to being the sole object of their parents’ attention, the only child becomes dependent, waits constantly for someone to show him the way and searches for support at all times. An only child often comes to see the world as a hostile place due to their parents’ constant attention
- - - - Neurotic need for affection and approval: This need includes the desires to be liked, to please other people, and meet the expectations of others. People with this type of need are extremely sensitive to rejection and criticism and fear the anger or hostility of others.
        
        Need for Prestige: People with the need for prestige, put their value in popularity or public recognition. Those with this need tend to fear public embarrassment and a loss of social status.
      - Partner who will take over ones life: This involves the need to be centered on a partner. People with this need suffer extreme fear of being abandoned by their partner. Oftentimes, these individuals place an exaggerated importance on love and believe that having a partner will resolve all of life’s troubles.
      - Power pride. they rely on their ability to exploit other people and are often focused on manipulating others to obtain desired objectives, including such things as ideas, power, money, or sex.
      - Need to exploit others: These individuals view others in terms of what can be gained through association with them. People with this need generally pride themselves on their ability to exploit other people and are often focused on manipulating others to obtain desired objectives, including such things as ideas, power, money, or sex.
      - Prestige is a need for prestige value themselves in terms of public recognition and acclaim. They mainly focus on their social status more
      - Personal admiration
        Need for personal admiration, They want to be admired based on this imagined self-view, not upon how they really are.
      - Personal achievement: According to Horney, people push themselves to achieve greater and greater things as a result of basic insecurity. These individuals fear failure and feel a constant need to accomplish more than other people and to top even their own earlier successes.
      - Self sufficiency and independance: These individuals exhibit a “loner” mentality, distancing themselves from others in order to avoid being tied down or dependent upon other people.
      - Perfection and unassailability: These individuals constantly strive for complete infallibility. A common feature of this neurotic need is searching for personal flaws in order to quickly change or cover up these perceived imperfections.