There are various behaviours that individuals exhibit that can be traced to childhood experiences. In understanding this, theoretical models have been developed to not only help explain why individuals exhibit behaviours, but how these behaviours transpire. Analyzing Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory with respect to his stages of psychosexual development, while also drawing on aspects of Alfred Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory is necessary to assess Myra’s personality impediments. Thus, an evaluation of two relevant theories in the field of personality psychology will lay the framework to explain Myra’s peculiar behaviour.
Understanding Psychoanalytic Theory and Freud’s theory of Psychosexual Development
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First, Myra observed the behaviour of her mother being the sole individual to look after the cleanliness of her house growing up, illustrating the first principle of observation (Rhodes, Brickman, & Bushman, 2007). In her home environment, Myra could observe the behaviour that displayed a feminine disposition towards cleaning at an early age as she learned how to ‘clean properly’ by observing her mother. Though the processing stage, (Rhodes, Brickman, & Bushman, 2007), Myra understands her mother’s cleaning behaviour as something that is necessary to undertake, once again relating to how her mother believed it was the woman’s responsibility to do the cleaning. The third process, “remembering” (Rhodes, Brickman, & Bushman, 2007), is evident as she recalls her mother’s behaviour and thus elicits similar behaviours as her mother. Lastly, the internalization phase is apparent (Rhodes, Brickman, & Bushman, 2007) as Myra has internalized and displays similar behaviours as her mother, portraying how she believes it is a personal characteristic of a woman to clean the home. Bandura and Bussey (1999) would argue that her feminine cleaning behaviours resulted from observing gender roles in the home, and through punishment by adhering to the two motivational functions influencing behaviour. Myra’s endurance of physical punishment when cleaning set clear sanctions regarding the gendered behaviour of taking care of the house thoroughly. The second function is evident in that the punishments she received for not cleaning thoroughly enough likely incentivized her to do a better job (evident in her current behaviour) and deterred her from doing a poor job of
Understanding Psychoanalytic Theory and Freud’s theory of Psychosexual Development
While Freud’s Psychoanalytic …show more content…
First, Myra observed the behaviour of her mother being the sole individual to look after the cleanliness of her house growing up, illustrating the first principle of observation (Rhodes, Brickman, & Bushman, 2007). In her home environment, Myra could observe the behaviour that displayed a feminine disposition towards cleaning at an early age as she learned how to ‘clean properly’ by observing her mother. Though the processing stage, (Rhodes, Brickman, & Bushman, 2007), Myra understands her mother’s cleaning behaviour as something that is necessary to undertake, once again relating to how her mother believed it was the woman’s responsibility to do the cleaning. The third process, “remembering” (Rhodes, Brickman, & Bushman, 2007), is evident as she recalls her mother’s behaviour and thus elicits similar behaviours as her mother. Lastly, the internalization phase is apparent (Rhodes, Brickman, & Bushman, 2007) as Myra has internalized and displays similar behaviours as her mother, portraying how she believes it is a personal characteristic of a woman to clean the home. Bandura and Bussey (1999) would argue that her feminine cleaning behaviours resulted from observing gender roles in the home, and through punishment by adhering to the two motivational functions influencing behaviour. Myra’s endurance of physical punishment when cleaning set clear sanctions regarding the gendered behaviour of taking care of the house thoroughly. The second function is evident in that the punishments she received for not cleaning thoroughly enough likely incentivized her to do a better job (evident in her current behaviour) and deterred her from doing a poor job of