PSY 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Object Relations Theory, Sigmund Freud, Neuropsychoanalysis
27 Apr 2019
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That childhood experiences are crucial in shaping adult personality. It can help you understand why you chose not to study for that test or why you rant the other way when the person of your dreams entered the room. personality might be useful for you. Introduction: psychodynamic theory (sometimes called psychoanalytic theory) explains personality in terms of unconscious psychological processes and contends that childhood experiences are crucial in shaping adult personality. Core assumptions of the psychodynamic perspective: the core assumptions of psychodynamic theory are surprisingly simple, moreover, these assumptions are unique to the psychodynamic network, no other theories of personality accept these three ideas in their purest form. Assumption 1: primary of the unconscious: psychodynamic theorists contend that the majority of psychological processes take place outside conscious awareness. In psychoanalytic terms, the activities of the mind are presumed to be largely unconscious.
