Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anal Retentiveness, Neuroticism, Preconscious

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Part 1: the origins of personality: behavioural perspectives (pavlov, skinner, bandura, humanistic perspectives (rogers, maslow, biological perspectives. [3] interacting structures of the mind: 1. Personality development: how libidinal energy is expressed & focused as we mature --> psychosexual development, of all work, this was the most controversial part of freud"s theory, controversial (kids have sexual fantasies?!) Anal stage (2-3): anus (superego emerges - first concrete experience with right and wrong aka potty training) eliminate or retain feces: 3. Phallic stage (4-5): genitals: oedipal crisis , 4. Latency stage (6-12): no clear focus: 5. Alternative views of personality development (the revisionists" or neo-freudians") - split from freud: karl jung"s analytical psychology, adler"s individual psychology, erikson"s psychosocial theory - nov 16th, all put less emphasis on psychosexual development - but still psychodynamic". How many traits do we need to describe a personality. How many traits are there: gorman allport (1936): 4,500 - words in the dictionary.