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Details Title: Personality Unit Description: Freud,Jung,Horney,Adler,Skinnner,Bandura,Maslow Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 11/02/2005 19:27:32	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Dr. Sigmund Freud - Background Definition Austrian (d. 1930): couldn't find physical/mental reason his patients could TELL him why they were sick (unaware of this) - therefore: Unconcious exisits!!! Term Freud's Personality theory: Definition ID, Ego, Superego Term ID Definition - unconcious part of personality - composed of INSTINCTUAL desires or needs: hunger, sleep, sex, bathroom - doesn't operate in reality - not rational Term Pleasure Principle Definition - ID creates needs, increases tension on concious part of the personality until satisfied Term Ego Definition - The concious part of your personality - Born w/ the capacity to develop ego - Ego develops w/ experience - Function: to find real world solutions to ID's desires - THIS DOES NOT make the decision, merely comes up w/ and presents options Term Superego Definition - concious part of personality too - born w/ the capacity to develop this too - Function: decide which option of EGO is the best - uses rationality and morality - build it w/ experience and guidance from others - guilt! only humans have this as we are the only ones to grasp the concept of right/wrong Term In a normal (Freudian) Personality: Definition The three systems work together and balance. Most ppl can't achieve this balance Term Problems w/ Freud: Definition All REALLY subjective Term Abnormal Personalities Definition ID dominant: impulsive, selfish, greedy, rude, frustrating Ego dominant: cold, robotic, devoid of desire, routine oriented Superego dominant: overly moral, religious, may project judgements onto others Term Freudian Psychoanalysis Definition -really SUBJECTIVE TOOLS: - Hypnosis - Rohroschach Ink Blots - Word Associations - Picture tests/story tests - Dream Analysis (real/symbolic) Interview Session: - Goal: to create a pattern of infor that MATCHES info found by other tools (not eye contact, relaxed position) TOOLS + Interview: can create a theme: the unconcious Term End of Freud Definition lives long enought to see theories discredited dies a lonely bitter man IMPORTANCE? The DIRECTION he led psych. in Term Carl Jung Definition Swiss (d. 1961) FFF (former Freud follower) believes in unconcious, but two parts to it