PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSONALITY
THEORIES
Unit 5
Lesson 3
OBJECTIVES
Review Freud’s Theory of Personality
Development & Defense Mechanisms.
 Compare and contrast additional psychoanalytic
theories.
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WARM UP
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What drives all human
behavior?
What 3 components of
personality?
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What are the 5 stages of
personality formation?
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How does ego protect
personality from anxiety?
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Sexual/Aggressive Urges
Id - Pleasure
Ego – Reality / Balance
Superego – Morality
Oral – Anal – Phallic –
Latency – Genital
Defense Mechanisms
DEFENSE MECHANISM SKITS
NEO-FREUDIANS
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Alfred Adler (1870-1937)
Striving for Superiority - Inborn
feelings of inferiority drive us to
adapt, dvp skills, master challenges
(a.k.a. compensate)
Or…
 Inferiority Complex – exaggerated
sense of inferiority = Overcompensate
(cover up, fake) or withdraw
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Birth Order
http://pws.cablespeed.com/~htstein/birthord.htm
NEO-FREUDIANS
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Karen Horney(1885-1952) 
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Penis Envy – women strive for power NOT
out of jealousy but as response to social
inequality
Womb envy – men strive for achievement in
other areas b/c can’t bear children
Neurosis – Dvp basic anxiety early in life, if
unresolved, develop basic hostility towards
others as adults
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3 Ways of Dealing with World
 Moving Towards People
 Moving Against People
 Moving Away From People
JUNGIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS
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Carl Jung (1875-1937) 
Two separate unconscious regions of mind:
Personal unconscious – complexes, feelings, thoughts,
memories that guide behavior
 Collective unconscious – universal symbols & experiences
passed through generations
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Archetypes – images/thoughts that have same meaning
for all human beings (dreams, art, literature, religion)
Anima/Animus – males feminine side, females masculine side
 Shadow – animalistic or dark side of our personality
 Persona – mask or image we present to world to conceal self
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JUNGIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS
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Carl Jung (1875-1937) 
Psychological Types
 Two general attitudes
 Introversion & Extroversion
 Four functions
 Thinking, Feeling, Sensing, Intuiting
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We will take a Personality Assessment based on
these types tomorrow!
ACTIVITIES 
Comparison of Approaches to the Psychoanalytic
Theory
Describing Terms & Id’ing Theorists
 Use handout and textbook to complete Part B.
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Illustrating Theories
Freud’s “Iceberg” is a well known diagram of his
theory.
 Create a sketch for the other 4 theorists & theories.
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CLOSURE
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If Freud said that pleasure drives
personality formation, what did the
others say drives it?
Jung – Collective unconscious
 Adler – Inferiority
 Erikson – Socialization
 Horney - Security
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HOMEWORK
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Complete your class assignment if necessary.