Freud’s Psychodynamics and Human Development
From Freud’s perspective, humans are driven by hidden forces within the psyche, those forces being sexual urges and aggression (Nye, 2000, p.2). In the process of human development, the id, ego and super-ego are developed, shaping our personality. In evaluating Beth through the lens of Freud, there are a few areas that can be identified as contributors to her aggressive and hostile tendencies and sexually acting out.
Freud identified humans as “pleasure seekers” at the core, only acting on sexual and aggressive impulses (Nye, 2000, p.11). The “id”, is a stage of the most basic of needs, not knowing right from wrong, as it is driven through instinct. What Freud believes influences humans from continuously …show more content…
Skinner believes that human behavior is influenced by outcomes; either positive or negative, that follow behavior (Nye, 2000, p.49). When evaluating and assessing the development of Beth through the perspective of behaviorism, her behavior can be linked to her environment. When looking at Beth and her upbringing from infancy, it was identified that she was physically abused and neglected by her parents. Behaviorism might identify her as being respondent conditioned, and acts of aggression and violence towards her adoptive parents resulting from the fear and rage response developed by her biological family. This would cause Beth to correlate all “parental figures” as harmful to her, eliciting the aggressive behavior. Operant conditioning may also be a contributor to Beth’s aggression. Her violent behaviors may have been negatively reinforced, as the unwanted sexual advances/abuse were removed after acting violently (Nye, 2000, p.58). Beth’s sexual behavior could have also been reinforced while at her biological home, as inappropriate sexual contact may have been the only learned way of affection, positively reinforced by attention that was desperately …show more content…
Using this theory in an analysis of Beth and her upbringing, it can help identify areas of her behavioral development. Roger’s saw humans as having a motivation towards actualization, though he found it imperative that favorable conditions were necessary to show improvement (Nye, 2000, p.103). Through this theory, it can be implied that Beth wanted to get better and improve, though her environment prevented this, due to there being a lack of nourishment, safety and other essentials vital to life, contributing towards her difficult behaviors. When her environment improved, and she had essential elements of health and well-being, there was growth in her personality and movement towards self-actualization. Through Roger’s perspective as noted in class lecture “maladjustment was due to conditional regard stunting the actualization process” (Sougstad, slide 91,
From Freud’s perspective, humans are driven by hidden forces within the psyche, those forces being sexual urges and aggression (Nye, 2000, p.2). In the process of human development, the id, ego and super-ego are developed, shaping our personality. In evaluating Beth through the lens of Freud, there are a few areas that can be identified as contributors to her aggressive and hostile tendencies and sexually acting out.
Freud identified humans as “pleasure seekers” at the core, only acting on sexual and aggressive impulses (Nye, 2000, p.11). The “id”, is a stage of the most basic of needs, not knowing right from wrong, as it is driven through instinct. What Freud believes influences humans from continuously …show more content…
Skinner believes that human behavior is influenced by outcomes; either positive or negative, that follow behavior (Nye, 2000, p.49). When evaluating and assessing the development of Beth through the perspective of behaviorism, her behavior can be linked to her environment. When looking at Beth and her upbringing from infancy, it was identified that she was physically abused and neglected by her parents. Behaviorism might identify her as being respondent conditioned, and acts of aggression and violence towards her adoptive parents resulting from the fear and rage response developed by her biological family. This would cause Beth to correlate all “parental figures” as harmful to her, eliciting the aggressive behavior. Operant conditioning may also be a contributor to Beth’s aggression. Her violent behaviors may have been negatively reinforced, as the unwanted sexual advances/abuse were removed after acting violently (Nye, 2000, p.58). Beth’s sexual behavior could have also been reinforced while at her biological home, as inappropriate sexual contact may have been the only learned way of affection, positively reinforced by attention that was desperately …show more content…
Using this theory in an analysis of Beth and her upbringing, it can help identify areas of her behavioral development. Roger’s saw humans as having a motivation towards actualization, though he found it imperative that favorable conditions were necessary to show improvement (Nye, 2000, p.103). Through this theory, it can be implied that Beth wanted to get better and improve, though her environment prevented this, due to there being a lack of nourishment, safety and other essentials vital to life, contributing towards her difficult behaviors. When her environment improved, and she had essential elements of health and well-being, there was growth in her personality and movement towards self-actualization. Through Roger’s perspective as noted in class lecture “maladjustment was due to conditional regard stunting the actualization process” (Sougstad, slide 91,