PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Erogenous Zone, Anal Stage, Anna Freud
2 Apr 2013
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Personality is an idea, an abstract concept that we use because it seems to express or capture something important about our experiences. These abstract concepts are often referred to as hypothetical constructs. One of the oldest approaches to personality is the type approach. This approach assumes that there are a small number of distinct personality types. Originally proposed by the greek physician hippocrates. He believed that the human body was made of four humours : blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile. Personality was determined by the balance of these four humours. Melancholic personality type (melan for black and cholic for bile: someone of this personality type is often sad and wistful. Other approaches to personality have emerged: psychodynamic approach, humanistic approach, trait approach, behaviourist approach, cognitive approach. Psychodynamic approach sees personality as generated by internal psychic structures or processes. Characteristics of internal structures in your mind and the way they interact with each other, determine how we feel and behave.
