Freud Freud emphasized that the unconscious mind had an impact on our behaviors. Freud believed our behaviors were fueled by sexual instinct or life. According to Freud, you cannot bring unconscious thoughts into consciousness except under certain extreme situations (Burger, 43). Freud believed that you are born with only one personality structure, the id. The id is only concerned only with satisfying your own personal needs (Burger, 44). Freud developed a structural model that would divide personalities into three main groups. The structural mode consisted of the id, the ego, and the superego (Burger, 44). Often time, these parts will be against one another. According to Freud, we develop the id from birth. The id is based on selfishness
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Horney begins describing individuals who face anxiety and often have a neurotic behavior. Individual’s that are being neurotic often are trapped in a self-defeating interpersonal style (Beaver 112). This style often wards off anxiety. According to Horney, those who are neurotic have three distinct interaction styles that they use to avoid anxiety. Horney called these styles moving toward people, moving against people and moving away from people (Beaver, 114). Individual’s who move toward people are often become dependent on others and have this desire of being accepted. When you move against people you have this aggressive and hostile behavior towards others. Often when we move away from people we tend to just tune out situations and people who cause the anxiety (Beaver, …show more content…
This stage occurs in the latter years of life and is reached when people do not look back on their lives and dwell on mistakes, or feelings of regret for things they did or did not do. I agree with Erikson, when we hit a certain point in our life we all tend to look back at past experiences and either develops a sense of integrity or feelings of despair (Burger, 109). A person must go through each stage at a different point in their life. Each stage a person is faced with challenges that they must overcome. If the individual doesn’t overcome the challenges that they face, this could potentially cause ongoing issues down the road. An infant that is neglect and suffers from trust issues may grow up as an adult having issues trusting other
Horney begins describing individuals who face anxiety and often have a neurotic behavior. Individual’s that are being neurotic often are trapped in a self-defeating interpersonal style (Beaver 112). This style often wards off anxiety. According to Horney, those who are neurotic have three distinct interaction styles that they use to avoid anxiety. Horney called these styles moving toward people, moving against people and moving away from people (Beaver, 114). Individual’s who move toward people are often become dependent on others and have this desire of being accepted. When you move against people you have this aggressive and hostile behavior towards others. Often when we move away from people we tend to just tune out situations and people who cause the anxiety (Beaver, …show more content…
This stage occurs in the latter years of life and is reached when people do not look back on their lives and dwell on mistakes, or feelings of regret for things they did or did not do. I agree with Erikson, when we hit a certain point in our life we all tend to look back at past experiences and either develops a sense of integrity or feelings of despair (Burger, 109). A person must go through each stage at a different point in their life. Each stage a person is faced with challenges that they must overcome. If the individual doesn’t overcome the challenges that they face, this could potentially cause ongoing issues down the road. An infant that is neglect and suffers from trust issues may grow up as an adult having issues trusting other