INTERPERSONAL THEORY (Sullivan) Flashcards
(Harry Stack Sullivan)
refers to be potentiality for action that may or may
not be experience in awareness
TENSION
most basic interpersonal need
is tenderness
NEEDS
I. Interpersonal (tenderness, intimacy and love)
II. Physiological (food, oxygen, water, etc)
General Needs
Zonal Needs
I. Oral (talking)
II. Genital (sexual intercourse)
III. Manual (writing, walking etc.)
it is the chief disruptive force blocking the
development of healthy interpersonal of healthy
interpersonal relations.
ANXIETY
aimed at satisfying needs and
reducing anxiety- the two great tensions.
ENERGY TRANSFORMATION
Types of Dynamism
- Disjunctive-
- Conjunctive
- Isolation-
the disjunctive dynamism of evil and hatred
Malevolence
conjunctive dynamism marked by a close
personal relationship between two people of
equal status
Intimacy
Beginning in infancy and continuing throughout
the various developmental stages, people acquire
certain images of themselves and others.
PERSONIFICATION
Me Personifications (3)
The good-me personification
The bad-me personification
The not-me personification- Repressing
- the imaginary playmates that preschool-aged
children often have.
Eidetic Personifications (BINGBONG)
Prototaxic Level
- experiences that are impossible to put into
words or to communicate to others.
Parataxic Level
- experiences that are prelogical and nearly
impossible to accurately communicate to others
Syntaxic Level
- experiences that can be accurately
communicated to others
LEVELS OF COGNITION
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
- Infancy (birth-2 years old)
- Childhood (2-6 years)
- Juvenile Era (6-8 ½ years)
- Preadolescence (8 ½ - 13 years)
- Early Adolescence (13-15 years)
- Late Adolescence (15-18 years)
- Adulthood (18 years above)
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
*Organic causes
*Situational factors