PSY 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Karen Horney, Erik Erikson, Psych
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If you were to plow through the many volumes published by sigmund freud, you would most definitely find aspects of his difficult theory to support or require any elaboration. While later psychoanalysis students disagreed with certain aspects of freud"s thought, three of the shortcomings and obligations of the theory also played key roles in the development of the methods of the neo-freudians. Next, many of those researchers dismissed the notion that interactions in the first. 5 or 6 years of life form the adult personality almost in its entirety. Most neo-freudians have recognized that experiences in early childhood have a major effect on personality development. But many have argued that later experiences are also important in shaping personality, especially in adolescence and early adulthood. Specifically one neo-freudian thinker, erik erikson, maintained that essential aspects of personality tend to develop into old age: second, many neo-freudians challenged freud"s reliance on instinctual personality sources.
