PSY 308 Study Guide - Final Guide: 21 Days, Sampling Bias, Daniel Levinson

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 308
• Professor: Alba Agostino

Document Summary

Psychodynamic perspective: sigmund freud , credited with discovering the unconscious mind, played an important role drawing attention to unobservable parts of personality, many theories of adult development and personality are based on psychodynamic perspective. Defense mechanisms minimum of anxiety component of personality is the ego: ego equivalent to the conscious mind. 1946 first tested in 1966 67, n = 349. 1957 first tested in 1977 78, n = 299. Four follow-ups 11 years apart, latest follow-up, 2000 02, (n"s = 182 and 136) 80-item questionnaire measuring each of the eight eriksonian issues. Family work history questionnaire administered at each follow-up. Rals results identity diffusion stage: results showed consistency of age changes (e. g. , most in college and early adults were in the identity vs. 1: oldest group continued to show gains in such areas of identity and intimacy but gains occurred at a slower rate, personality development was evident at all stages.