Harry Stack Sullivan Flashcards
Refers to the potentiality for action that may or may not experienced in awareness
TENSION
2 types of tension
Anxiety and Need
Basic interpersonal needs
TENDERNESS
What are the FOUR Dynamisms
- Malevolence
- Intimacy
- Lust
- Self - system
This is one of the security operations by Sullivan and similar to repression by Freud
DISSOCIATION
What are the THREE “me personifications”?
- Good-me
- Bad-me
- Not-me
What is the theory of Harry Sullivan?
INTERPERSONAL THEORY
This is the most crucial stage of development in interpersonal theory
PREADOLESCENCE (8 1/2 to 13 years)
In this stage usually used of autistic language
INFANCY (0-2 years)
This stage usually having stable relationship with a significant other person
ADULTHOOD (18 onwards)
Erroneous assumptions about cause and effect
Example: if you are having hard time enjoying the company of your date and you just cant feel connection with him/her
PARATAXIC DISTORTIONS
Levels of Cognition
PROTOTAXIC LEVEL
PARATAXIC LEVEL
SYNTAXIC LEVEL
Stages of development in interpersonal theory
Infancy Childhood Juvenille era Preadolescence Early adolescence Late adolescence Adulthood
This is the type of tension brought about by imbalances between a person and the physiochemical environment
Needs in general
Cognitions in this level can be expressed but not only in a distorted manner
Parataxic level