Personality I
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 personalitya. What are personality traits and how many are there?
b. Assessing traits – the MMPI personality inventory