Module 9 - Personality Flashcards
Personality:
A person’s unique patterns in
cognitive (thought)
Emotional
Behavioural
Responses
Psychosexual Development
(Freud’s Theory)
Personality is shaped by childhood dilemmas
‘Fixations’ at particular psychosexual stages cause distinctive neurotic behaviours in adulthood
Fixations
a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies at an early stage of psychosexual development
Fixations at particular psychosexual stages causes___
Distinctive neurotic behaviours in adulthood
Psychosexual Distinct Stages (5)
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latent
Genital
Age range:
(Oral Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
0-18 months (1.5 years)
Conflict (dilemmas):
(Oral Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Awareness of dependence on their mothers (caregivers), and
the vulnerability associated with this - separation anxiety
Fixation (Focus) -> behaviours in adult life
(Oral Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Clingy & needy
Strong need for approval
Neurotic habits involve the mouth (biting nails, cigarettes)
Age range:
(Anal Stage-> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
2-3 years old
Conflict:
(Anal Stage-> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Awareness of judgements associated with body waste production (poop)
Concern for cleanliness, order, control & compliance
Fixation (Focus) -> behaviours in adult life
(Anal Stage-> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Extreme neatness & fussiness (retentive)
Or extreme messiness & laziness (expulsive)
Age range:
(Phallic Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
4-6 years old
Conflict:
(Phallic Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Children begin to separate gender identity
Identify with same sex parent
Covet attention of other parent (Oedipus/Electra Complex, castration anxiety, penis envy)
Fixation (Focus) -> behaviours in adult life
(Phallic Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Differs according to gender
Males: who cannot move past Oedipal conflict, assert their masculinity -> brash, destructive
Females: emotional / histrionic
Age range:
(Latent Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
7-11 years old
Conflict:
(Latent Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Children begin to learn to suppress their Eros desires
Focus on maintaining dispassionate Ego as a safety mechanism
Fixation (Focus) -> behaviours in adult life
(Latent Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Self-denial
Leads to asexuality & dullness
Age range:
(Genital Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
12 years up
Conflict:
(Genital Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Children sexual maturity,
separating new intense desires
Separating sources of anxiety/ failures/ rejections
Fixation (Focus) -> behaviours in adult life
(Genital Stage -> Psychosexual Distinct Stages)
Various sexual obsessions
resurgence of earlier partial fixations
Defence mechanisms
Protects mind from unconscious urges
Shape personality
6 Defence mechanisms
Repression
Displacement
Regression
Rationalisation
Denial
Projection
Repression
(6 Defence Mechanisms -> Psychodynamic Theory)
Supress, block unconscious urges
Displacement
(6 Defence Mechanisms -> Psychodynamic Theory)
Redirect unconscious urges
Eg. Get yelled at work -> displace it at home by yelling at wife
Regression
(6 Defence Mechanisms -> Psychodynamic Theory)
Revert to behaviour patterns at an earlier age
Eg. Cry like a baby