PSYB30H3 Lecture : LECTURE NOTES
Document Summary
Freud offered the first and arguably only theory on comprehensive personality and courses on pp usually begin with freud. B/c freud, jung and adler have the most complex theories of personality and their focus on the deep subject of ppl, mcadams places them at the end of the book, where he discuses the deepest level, level iii. He offered a very bold and comprehensive outline of what personality may be. The goal at the time was to provide a grand unifying theory of all personality and human behav that is relevant to personality. Structural point of view, 3 elements; ego executive, id- reservoir of libidinal energy and primary urges, superego performs the functions of the conscious. Classic personality theories such as freud"s attempt to explain personality in its entirety, and more contemporary theories are much more limited in scope, they will focus on a single trait. Libido; an innate life preserving force that drives human action.
