PSY 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: James Marcia, Rob Ford, Mills College
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An inner structure assumed to be responsible for attitudes and behaviour patterns that are fairly consistent; characterizes each individual"s adaptations to the situations of life. On average your personality improves, as you get older: psychodynamic perspective, freud: personality doesn"t change after early adulthood; believes your personality is set by age 5 or 6. 5 psychosexual stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) id (unconscious desire for sex and aggression- most important), ego (rational part of your mind, uses defence mechanisms, tries to satisfy id and superego), superego (conscious) Believes id is the most important part of your personality. Ego is the rationale part of your mind, and uses defense mechanisms to keep your unconscious urges out of your awareness. Ego psychology: the ego plays a central role in actively directing behaviour and behaviour change throughout adulthood. The ego is developing through adulthood and is a very important part of your personality.
