1. Four theories of personality:

a.  TRAIT theory

b.  The HUMANISTIC theory

c.  The BEHAVIORAL (or SOCIAL-COGNITIVE) theory

d.  PSYCHODYNAMIC theory

2. Freud’s psychodynamic approach to personality.
 

a. Freud’s life

b. Fundamental features of Freud’s position:

• unconscious conflict;
• ambivalence;
• the hydraulic model;
• sex drives;
• early-childhood socialization

c. Freud’s three theories:  

• Structural – id, ego, superego
• Dynamic – the work of the underlying forces
• Developmental – the psychosexual stages: Oral – 1st and 2nd years of life; Anal – 3rd year; Phalic – 4-6years of age; Stage of latency – 7-13 (puberty); Adult genital sexuality

d. Assessing the unconscious – projective tests

e. Evaluating F’s perspective

3. Trait theory of personality

a. What are personality traits and how many are there?

b. Assessing traits – the MMPI personality inventory