chapter 5 Flashcards
Neo-Freudian
psychologists whose work followed Freud in emphasis on childhood development but with less emphasis on sex and more on social/cultural environment
Why didn’t Adler like Freud?
Adler thought freud didn’t place enough emphasis on the sociocultural world
Inferiority complex
develops when a person is unable to compensate for normal inferiority feelings
neurosis
unconducive way to cope with inferiority that leads to being invaluable to society
What motivates people according to Adler?
future goals + inferiority complex/striving for superiority + being a part of society
striving for superiority
innate urge towards perfection/completion that motivates each person
According to adler, what indicates mental health of a person?
social interest + superiority striving
fictional finalism
imagined/potential fictional goals
superiority complex
develops when a person overcompensates for normal inferiority feelings
How does pampering influence personality development?
robs child of independence and adds to inferiority
How does neglect influence personality development?
children grow up cold and incapable of warm personal relationships
Name three causes of inferiority complexes
organic inferiority
spoiling/pampering
neglect
4 lifestyles that come out of inferiority complexes
ruling-dominant
getting-leaning
avoiding
socially useful
ruling-dominant
generally aggressive + dominant
getting-leaning
sensitive and rely on others
avoiding
recoil within selves
socially useful
healthy individuals with social interest
Describe first-born children like Adler would
inferiority complex from excessive attention received as children, problem children
Describe middle-born children like Adler would
strong superiority striving and high achievers from trying to catch up with siblings
Describe younger-born children like Adler would
pampered through childhood which give them feelings of inferiority
Jung’s branch of psychology
analytic psychology
personal unconscious
reservoir for material that was once conscious
collective unconscious
part of the unconscious mind made of thoughts/images/psychic characteristics difficult to bring into awareness
animus archetype
masculine aspect of female psyche
anima archetype
female aspect of male psyche
persona archetype
public face/role presented to others
shadow archetype
contains primitive animal instincts
self archetype
unity, integration, and harmony of the total personality
Psychological functions
sensing
thinking
feeling
intuiting
Individuation
Integration of all conscious and unconscious facets of personality
What made Horney disagree with Freud
oedipal complex, division of mind into ego/id/superego, and lack of sociocultural recognition
What does suppressed frustration become (Horney)
anxiety/neurosis
10 neurotic trends/needs
affection
partner who will run one’s life
live life within narrow limits
power
exploit
social recognition/prestige
personal admiration
ambition/personal achievement
self-sufficiency/independence
protection
compliant personality
movement toward people
Ego psychology (erikson)
ego establishes and maintains identity
detached personality
movement away from people
aggressive personality
movement against people
Crisis during infancy
basic trust v. mistrust
Crisis during toddler
autonomy v. shame/doubt
Crisis during early childhood
initiative v. guilt
Crisis during elementary school
industry vs. inferiority
Crisis during adolescense
identity vs. role confusion
Crisis during young adulthood
intimacy vs. isolation
Crisis during adulthood
generativity vs. stagnation
Crisis during old age
ego integrity vs. despair
What is the collective unconscious made up of?
primordial images
womb envy
men’s envy of women to bear/nurse children that leads to compensatory achievement in other dimensions (alternative to oepidus complex)
what is the most researched stage of Erikson’s stages of personality development
generativity vs. stagnation
name two weaknesses of neo-freudianism
oversimplification
questionable evidence
