Personality
Sixth edition
Chapter 3
Psychoanalytic
Aspects of Personality
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Modules (1 of 2)
Introduction: Psychoanalytic Aspects of Personality
3.1: Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts
3.2: Psychosexual Development
3.3: Male Versus Female
3.4: Defense Mechanisms
3.5: Cross-Cultural Issues
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Modules (2 of 2)
3.6: Major Contributions and Limitations of Freudian
Psychoanalysis
3.7: Modern Developments from Experimental Psychology
Conclusion: Psychoanalytic Aspects of Personality
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Learning Objectives (1 of 2)
3.1: Examine some of the basic psychoanalytic
concepts as developed by Freud
3.2: Scrutinize the different stages of psychosexual
development
3.3: Analyze Freud's theories that differentiate male
from female by focusing on sexual organs
3.4: Describe Freud's defense mechanisms and
their effects on people's lives
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Learning Objectives (2 of 2)
3.5: Scrutinize cultural influences on personality
3.6: Describe the major contributions and limitations
of Freudian psychoanalysis
3.7: Recognize the work done by some of the postFreudian psychologists
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Introduction: Psychoanalytic Aspects of
Personality
− Sigmund Freud
− Freud’s psychoanalytic approach to personality
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3.1: Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts
Objective: Examine some of the basic psychoanalytic concepts as developed by Freud
− Freud’s early interests
− Hysteria
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3.1.1: The Unconscious and Therapeutic
Techniques
− Freud’s psychoanalytic techniques
− Concept of dreams
− Problems with psychoanalytic explanations of
personality
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3.1.2: The Structure of the Mind
− The id
− The ego
− The superego
− Freudian slips
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Figure 3.1: The Psychoanalytic View of the Structure of the
Mind
The ego (represented here by the town hall) and the superego (represented here by the
church) both have their roots and foundations in the id (represented here by the sea), just
as this volcanic island arises out of, and is surrounded by, water.
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3.2: Psychosexual Development
Objective: Scrutinize the different stages of psychosexual development
− Freud’s view of the psychological world
− Freud’s fascination with sexual deviancy
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3.2.1: Oral Stage
− Overview
− Issues of oral fixation
− Compensatory mechanisms
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3.2.2: Anal Stage
− Overview
− Characteristics of anal retentive adults
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3.2.3: Phallic Stage
− Oedipus complex
− Penis envy
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3.2.4: Latency Period
− Features
− Explanations
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3.2.5: Genital Stage
− Features
− Freud’s mistakes
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3.3: Male Versus Female
Objective: Analyze Freud's theories that differentiate male from female by focusing on
sexual organs
− Clitoral orgasm versus vaginal orgasm
− Freud’s views on women
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3.4: Defense Mechanisms
Objective: Describe Freud's defense mechanisms and their effects on people's lives
− Reasons for anxiety
− Reasons for employing defense mechanisms
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3.4.1: Repression
− Process
− Posttraumatic stress
− Incest
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3.4.2: Reaction Formation
− Overview
− Real-life examples
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3.4.3: Denial
− Overview
− Real-life examples
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3.4.4: Projection
− Description
− Limitations of Freudian theory
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3.4.5: Displacement
− Overview
− Researchers of displaced aggression
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3.4.6: Sublimation
− Overview
− Psychohistorical analysis of artists
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3.4.7: Regression
− In children
− In adults
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