ECU PSYC 1000 - Theories (3 pages)

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Psyc 1000 Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I Scientific Method a Basic Tools b Research Goals Types II Research Methods a Case study Method b Survey c Naturalistic Observation III Ethical Guidelines Outline of Current Lecture I Theories II Developing Personality III Freud s Theory Current Lecture Classic Perspectives on Personality Personality a person s characteristic pattern of thoughts feelings and behaviors persisting over time and across situation Introverted agreeable open na ve sensitive reactive neurotically irritable conscientious contentedly lethargic Theories Psychodynamic Psychoanalytic I How children and their parents relate to one another s personality II Sigmund Freaud babies are born with no response to affecting others a First to examine how we interact b Id unconscious energy c Ego Tip of the iceberg Most conscious d Superego Internalized Ideals e Twin Studies f Sexual impulses These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute g h i j III IV V What is causing individuals to cause inner sicknesses ie prarlysis Developing psychoanalysis understanding and therapy Physician Explore how mental and physical symptoms could be caused by purely psychological factors k Believed that many powerful mental processes operate in the unconscious without our awareness l Insight grew into a theory of the structure of human personality and its development m Name for his theory and his therapeutic technique psychoanalysis giving free association saying one word and them giving another Dream content highly sexual or highly aggressive n Free association encourage the patient to speak whatever comes to mind out of the unconscious level o Therapist then interprets any potential unconscious wishes hidden in the client s hesitation slips of the tongue and dreams p The mind is mostly below the surface of conscious awareness q Personality develops from the efforts of our