Sigmund Freud is well-thought-out to be the father of psychiatry. The most far-reaching personality schema in psychology is the Freud’s theory of personality. The notion of there being activity within the mind at a conscious and unconscious level, his approach to these topics was largely conceptual. His theoretical thoughts were original as well as unique.
DEFINITION:
Freud described personality as behavioral pattern that is used to deal with psychological conflicts. The personality of an individual is shaped by his childhood experiences and how these experiences are consciously and unconsciously processed by the brain with in the developmental stages. Freud’s theory of personality is also called psychodynamic theory.
STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY: …show more content…
The strategy devised to relieve this anxiety is called defense mechanism. This mechanism comes into action involuntary based on every day experiences therefore functions at an unconscious level influencing the personality. In this situation the ego takes such measures as to suppress anxiety and release tension. Some of these defense mechanisms are briefly described below:
• REPRESSION: The wishes or thoughts of an individual which are immoral and are associated with a sense of sin are driven out of conscious and are shifted to the unconscious. For example an optimist remembers the past with a rosy glow and constantly repeats mistakes.
• PROJECTION: The unacceptable wishes, attitudes, motives, traits or any other negative activity that may cause anxiety in an individual, he subjects it to others, blames others for his failures in order to release tension. For example a person on a bridge being afraid of heights would blame his friend of being afraid of height.
• REGRESSION: Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety the individual reverts to childish or primitive behavior. When feeling frightened or threatened ones behaves the same way he behaves in his early life where he was happy with fewer problems. For example a child may start to wet his bed on the arrival of a younger …show more content…
The only thing that the child maintains contact with is the mouth. If the child fails to fulfil this need or spends too much energy on this it may cause fixation. After growing up such people may suck their thumb or smoke.
• The anal stage (2 - 3 years): In this stage the anus is the center of psychic energy. The child is impaired to toilet training. If the toilet training is too harsh fixation may occur causing the individuals personality to be characterized with extreme self-control or compulsion.
• The phallic stage (3 – 5 years): In this stage the child fells attracted towards the opposite sex and jealous of the same sex. At the end the child becomes to love itself too much and feels happy by watching its reflection in the mirror. By the end of this stage sexual differences come to an end the child starts taking interest in the external environment.
• Latency period (5 – 12 years): This is a long and peaceful period of psychological development. The child acquires the knowledge of the external world. The individual’s ego grows realistic and standard and moral principles are formed in the
DEFINITION:
Freud described personality as behavioral pattern that is used to deal with psychological conflicts. The personality of an individual is shaped by his childhood experiences and how these experiences are consciously and unconsciously processed by the brain with in the developmental stages. Freud’s theory of personality is also called psychodynamic theory.
STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY: …show more content…
The strategy devised to relieve this anxiety is called defense mechanism. This mechanism comes into action involuntary based on every day experiences therefore functions at an unconscious level influencing the personality. In this situation the ego takes such measures as to suppress anxiety and release tension. Some of these defense mechanisms are briefly described below:
• REPRESSION: The wishes or thoughts of an individual which are immoral and are associated with a sense of sin are driven out of conscious and are shifted to the unconscious. For example an optimist remembers the past with a rosy glow and constantly repeats mistakes.
• PROJECTION: The unacceptable wishes, attitudes, motives, traits or any other negative activity that may cause anxiety in an individual, he subjects it to others, blames others for his failures in order to release tension. For example a person on a bridge being afraid of heights would blame his friend of being afraid of height.
• REGRESSION: Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety the individual reverts to childish or primitive behavior. When feeling frightened or threatened ones behaves the same way he behaves in his early life where he was happy with fewer problems. For example a child may start to wet his bed on the arrival of a younger …show more content…
The only thing that the child maintains contact with is the mouth. If the child fails to fulfil this need or spends too much energy on this it may cause fixation. After growing up such people may suck their thumb or smoke.
• The anal stage (2 - 3 years): In this stage the anus is the center of psychic energy. The child is impaired to toilet training. If the toilet training is too harsh fixation may occur causing the individuals personality to be characterized with extreme self-control or compulsion.
• The phallic stage (3 – 5 years): In this stage the child fells attracted towards the opposite sex and jealous of the same sex. At the end the child becomes to love itself too much and feels happy by watching its reflection in the mirror. By the end of this stage sexual differences come to an end the child starts taking interest in the external environment.
• Latency period (5 – 12 years): This is a long and peaceful period of psychological development. The child acquires the knowledge of the external world. The individual’s ego grows realistic and standard and moral principles are formed in the