PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Erogenous Zone, Sigmund Freud, Defence Mechanisms

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Personality is an individual"s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. The focus of personality in psychology is what makes us unique, rather than what we all have in common. If i asked you to describe someone you know, you would describe their personality. Psychodynamic theory asserts that personality is a dynamic interaction between opposing influences (think of the internal dialogue between angel and devil) Post-freud psychodynamic theory childhood social (not sexual) tensions are crucial for personality development: inferiority and superiority complexes. Sigmund freud developed psychoanalysis, which is both a theory of personality and a theory of psychopathology (and its treatment) According to this theory, nurture plays a significant role in personality development. This theory is also based on determinism the underlying bases of our personality determine our behaviour; thus, every act is revealing. This was the first theory to emphasize that the unconscious mind was a significant influence on our personality. Attempts to repress the unconscious: preconscious.