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Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality: Unconscious Mind, Id, Ego, and Superego, Slides of Personality Psychology

Manchester University (MU)Personality Psychology

An overview of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality, including his concept of the mind, the three parts of personality - unconscious mind, id, ego, and superego, and defense mechanisms. Learn about Freud's views on free will, nature vs. nurture, and personality development.

What you will learn

  • What are defense mechanisms in psychoanalysis?
  • How does Freud describe the mind?
  • What are the three parts of personality according to Freud?
  • What is Sigmund Freud's theory of personality?
  • How does Freud explain the development of personality?

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Personality

  • An individual’s unique and relatively consistent patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving
  • Personality Theories - Attempt to describe and explain how people are similar, how they are different, and why every individual is unique
  • Free Will or Determinism:
    • Are we free to choose our own fate or victims of biological factors, unconscious forces or external stimuli?
  • Nature or Nurture:
    • Is our personality inherited or shaped by the environment?
  • Past, Present, or Future:
    • When does personality development occur?
    • Is personality influenced by past or present experiences or by future goals?
  • Uniqueness or Universality:
    • Is each personality of each person unique or are there personality patterns that can apply to many people?
  • Equilibrium or Growth:
    • Are we primarily tension-reducing, pleasure-seeking animals or does the need for growth motivate us?
  • Optimism or Pessimism:
    • Are human beings essentially good or evil?

Issues in Personality Theory

Psychoanalytic Theory

Personality According to Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

  • Founder of psychoanalysis
  • Proposed the first complete theory of personality
  • A person’s thoughts and behaviors emerge from tension generated by unconscious motives and unresolved childhood conflicts.
  • Theory reflected the Victorian era of male dominance & sexual repression.

Learn more about Freud at: www.freud.org.uk www.lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/freud

Freud’s View of the

Mind

Freud’s Concept of the Mind

  • Most of the mind is hidden
  • 3 parts to the mind
  • 3 Parts to Personality

Free Association

  • Freudian technique of exploring the unconscious mind by having the person relax and say whatever comes to mind no matter how trivial or embarrassing
  • Hypnosis – Relaxing a person into a highly suggestive state to uncover unconscious memories or conflicts

Freud’s Couch

Unconscious Mind Reveals Itself

  • DREAMS - ―The royal road to the unconsciousness‖ - Behind the surface image (manifest content) lies the true hidden meaning (latent content). - FREUDIAN SLIP: - ―Slips of the tongue‖ where unconscious desires sneak out in our speaking.

Conscious Mind

  • All the thoughts, feelings, and sensations

that you are aware of at this particular

moment represent the conscious level

FREUD’S ICEBERG MODEL OF THE MIND

Psychoanalytic

Divisions of the Mind

  • Id—instinctual drives present at birth
    • does not distinguish between reality and fantasy
    • operates according to the pleasure principle
  • Ego—develops out of the id in infancy
    • understands reality and logic
    • mediator between id and superego
  • Superego
    • internalization of society’s & parental moral standards
    • One’s conscience; focuses on what the person ―should‖ do
    • Develops around ages 5-6.
    • Partially unconscious
    • Can be harshly punitive using feelings of guilt

Freud’s Concept of the ―Id‖

  • The part of personality that consists of

unconscious energy from basic aggressive and

sexual drives

  • Operates on the ―pleasure principle‖ - the id

demands immediate gratification

  • Is present from birth

Superego

  • The Shoulds & Should Nots of Society
  • Your Conscience
  • Moralistic, judgmental, Perfectionist dimension of personality

Freud’s Concept of the ―Ego‖

  • The part of personality that mediates the demands of the id without going against the restraints of the superego
  • Rational, organized, logical, mediator to demands of reality
  • Reality principle—ability to postpone gratification in accordance with demands of reality/society
  • Can repress desires that cannot be met in an acceptable manner