Ego psychology

theory in which the search for identity plays a major role. He built on Freud’s theory by elaborating on the development stages, emphasizing the ego over the id, and recognizing the impact on personality on personality of culture, society, and…

typography in personalities and structure. However unlike Freud Erikson does not discuss psychosexual stages. Erikson focused on ego psychology underlining the effects of society and culture, and conflicts within the ego itself. By resolving noticeably social crises the ego develops. Continuing Freudian theories Erikson extended adaptive and creative characteristics of the ego to the entirety of the lifespan. Erikson’s model contains eight stages. Five stages of Erikson’s lifespan are contained…

Finding the Shadow According to Jungian psychology, there are two aspects of one’s identity: the “persona” and the “shadow.””. The “persona” is the outward appearance that an individual presents to the world, constructed to make a desirable impression upon others, and even upon oneself. The “shadow,” on the other hand, is the undesirable part of one’s personality hidden beneath consciousness. These extremes, according to Jennifer M. Volland’s “Stay: The Archetypal Space of the Hotel,” rarely…

and therefore, was raised by his mother and stepfather (Erikson 2001). Many think that never knowing his father is what lead Erikson on the path of psychology. In 1933, he became a teacher in the US at Harvard Medical School and “practiced child psychoanalysis privately” (Erikson 2001). It was around this time he developed his point of view in psychology. One of the reasons why people think he was so influential was that he could see things from a different perspective. Erikson “straddled many…

1. Post-traumatic growth refers to the study of how people often change in positive ways in their struggles with hardship (Baillie, S. E., Sellwood, W., & Wisely, J. A. 2014). Post-traumatic growth happens when positive changes take place after experiencing adversity (Rendon, J. 2015). These changes can be related to physical, emotional and mental health. Post-traumatic growth demonstrates that trauma does not need to be entirely destructive in a person’s life but that it can actually help a…

Based on Jung’s personality theory, people are conceived with predispositions due to the racial and cultural history of their ancestors (Hall & Gardner, 1957). These inclinations help in guiding future behaviors and are altered based on different experiences that a person may encounter. Therefore, people are born as wholes or at least partially complete with regards to their personality, yet this wholeness is something that an individual has to work on for the duration of their life since it…

Developed by psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, humanistic psychology emphasizes human potential and takes a more positive view of the human nature. During the mid-1900s, an individual with an anger disorder would attend therapy sessions with a psychoanalyst. Instead of asking questions about the patient’s past…

some had ideas that are still accepted today, some were ridiculed at the time of release, but grew to be acknowledged, and others that were so preposterous that people still not sure what to think of them. A massive contribution to the study of psychology was done by Carl Gustav Jung. The early career of Carl Jung as a psychologist was quite productive…

There is a well known dichotomy in science between the mind and the brain. It is a dualism of psychology and biology, where the fascinating components of life come together, to create a consciousness. Comparable to the symbiosis of a plant and its fungi, the mind and brain are integral parts of each other. Finding answers to the mysterious of the human brain is a captivating thought. It is this desire that drives my goal to understand the medical science behind the human brain, and treat its…

Even though Poe’s death remains a mystery today it is fact that “The Fall of the House of Usher” has been, throughout time, a reader’s favorite story, both casual and school forced. I personally think it has been such a famous and favorite book of readers because the short story is very dark, cruel, creepy and mysterious. Since it is so dark and mysterious it constantly keeps the attention of the readers such as college students like myself. If the story doesn’t keep my attention then I really…