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Intro to Personality and Freud - Coggle Diagram
Intro to Personality and Freud
Personality
unique, consistent, pattern of thinking, feeling and acting
Psychodynamic Theory
suggests that our behaviour are at the very least partly directed by our unconscious processes
these processes are as a result of experiences or situation that have happened in our past
where unsuccessful resolution of problems occurs this can result in unconscious fixations and defence mechanisms to help us cope
Structure of the mind
Conscious mind
unconscious mind
preconscious
Structure of personality
conflict between biological impulses and internalised social restraints
Expressing impulses in satisfactory ways rather then feeling gulit
Id( unconscious instincts) :
unconscious energy which strives to satisfy innate drives of survival, reproduction and aggression
Impulsive disregarding later consequences
immediate gratification
operates on the pleasure principle
Superego:
operates on the morality principle- what a person should do
oppose id's demands
EGO (reality conscious) :
operates on reality principle
mediator between impulsive id, restraining superego and real world
satisfies id's impulses realistically
Personality functioning
Ego struggles to find a happy medium between demands of id and superego = unfocused anxiety
Ego seeks to reduce or redirect anxiety hence distorting reality by deploying defense mechanisms
Defence Mechanisms
Repression: placing uncomfortable thoughts in inaccessible area of unconscious mind
Denial: Refusing to accept the event
Intellectualization: unacceptable emotions are avoided by focusing on the intellectual aspects, rather than the personal impact of a problem
Projection: placing unacceptable impulses in yourself onto someone else
Reaction formation: Unacceptable feelings are turned into their opposites
Rationalization: Unacceptable actions or feelings are explained away or justified
Sublimation: Unacceptable feelings are converted into socially acceptable actions
Displacement: Unacceptable feelings are directed towards another target
Passive aggressive: Socially unacceptable anger expressed via lack of cooperation
Psychoanalysis
Freud's theory and associated techniques to treat psychological problems
The mind is like an iceberg
Have many passions and thoughts which are forced to repress, because they are socially unacceptable
Unconscious seeps into our thoughts and actions