Lecture 2

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What was the era in which Sigmund Freud lived?

Modern era

Industrial era

Victorian era (correct)

Renaissance era

What was Sigmund Freud's personal background in?

Neuroscience (correct)

Biology

Philosophy

Psychology

What is the primary focus of Lecture 1 in the lecture series?

Humanistic approaches

Introduction to personality (correct)

Cognitive approaches

Psychoanalytic approaches

Who is associated with the concept of archetypes and complexes?

Carl Jung Signup and view all the answers

What was Sigmund Freud's study area related to?

Hypnotherapy and neuroscience Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of Lecture 2 in the lecture series?

Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the lecture that discusses personality assessment?

Lecture 6: Personality assessment Signup and view all the answers

How old was Sigmund Freud when he died?

83 Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a failure to move forward from one stage to another in psychosexual development?

Fixation Signup and view all the answers

According to Freud, what is the purpose of psychoanalysis?

To find the causes of an individual's psychological issues Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the concept that everything that happens in a person's psyche has a specific cause?

Psychic determinism Signup and view all the answers

What is the level of awareness that is associated with everyday life and conscious thought?

Conscious Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the part of the mind that contains memories and emotions that have not been repressed?

Preconscious Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the psychological result of mainly the brain's and partly the rest of the body's physiological functions?

Psyche Signup and view all the answers

What is the model that divides the mind into levels of awareness?

Topographic model Signup and view all the answers

What is the level of awareness that operates under its own rules and contains a significant portion of our mental life?

Unconscious Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of word association tasks in identifying complexes?

To identify unconscious psychological patterns Signup and view all the answers

What is a key feature of Jung's personality theories?

They propose the existence and influence of unconscious processes and forces Signup and view all the answers

What is a limitation of Jung's theories, according to critics?

They have poor testability and scientific value Signup and view all the answers

What is a therapeutic technique developed by Jung?

Dream therapy Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the psychologist who influenced Jung's work on word association tasks?

Francis Galton Signup and view all the answers

What is measured in word association tasks to assess psychological patterns?

Psychological and physiological variables Signup and view all the answers

What is a significant contribution of Jung's theories to the field of psychiatry?

Fundamental contributions to the foundations of modern psychiatry Signup and view all the answers

What is a type of therapy developed by Jung to treat anxiety and mood disorders?

Clinical hypnosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of the Ego according to the structural model?

To find a middle course between competing demands Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary principle guiding the Id's behavior?

Pleasure principle Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of prolonged and unresolved conflict between the parts of the mind?

Considerable levels of anxiety and/or guilt Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary role of the Superego according to the structural model?

To judge moral right and wrong Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of defense mechanisms?

To protect against feelings of anxiety and guilt Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the friction between the different parts of the mind?

Psychic conflict Signup and view all the answers

Who is the Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst associated with the structural model?

Carl Jung Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of the Ego regarding the Superego?

The Superego getting out of control Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary focus of Galton's word association tasks?

To understand the human mind and behavior Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of Jung's mentoring by Freud?

They eventually fell out and disagreed on various theories Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary source of Freud's observations in 1905?

Clinical observations from patients with neurosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the collective unconscious, according to Jung?

A shared storehouse of archetypes and universal patterns Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of archetypes in the collective unconscious?

They are ancient, universal patterns of being that aid recall and understanding Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the collective unconscious and complexes?

Complexes are formed from the collective unconscious Signup and view all the answers

What is the basis of the collective unconscious, according to Jung's physiological perspective?

Qualitative patterns expressive of shared neurological systems Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of archetypes in determining human behavior and experience?

They form the foundation for complexes and influence the organization of experience Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Approaches

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist who lived in the Victorian era, a time of sexual conservatism and initial attempts to explain psychology in biological terms.
Freud's background was in neuroscience, and he studied hypnotherapy.
He developed the concept of psychoanalytic theory, which emphasizes the role of unconscious processes in shaping behavior and personality.

The Structure of Personality

Freud's topographic model proposes three levels of awareness:
- Conscious: tip of the iceberg, objects perceived, events recalled, and stream of thought.
- Preconscious: associated with a part of the mind below immediate conscious awareness, from which memories and emotions can be recalled.
- Unconscious: the hidden, secret realm of our mental world, containing a significant portion of our mental life, operating under its own rules.

The Structural Model

The mind consists of three functionally independent, and sometimes conflicting, parts:
- Id (aka it or that): the irrational and emotional part of the mind, driven by the pleasure principle.
- Ego (aka I): the rational and decision-making part of the mind, governed by the reality principle.
- Superego (aka Over-I): the moral part of the mind.

Psychic Conflict

The friction between the different parts of the mind can lead to anxiety, guilt, and mental illness.
The ego's main job is to find a middle course between the competing demands of motivation, morality, and practicality.
Mechanisms to cope with psychic conflict include defense mechanisms, which are largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from feelings of anxiety and guilt.

Jung in Context

Carl Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who developed the concept of the collective unconscious.
Jung was mentored by Freud, but they eventually had a falling out.
Jung's work focused on more extreme experiences, including patients with psychotic breakdowns.

Jung's Structural Model

Archetypes emerge from the collective unconscious into the personal unconscious, where they form complexes that drive behavior and experience.
Complexes are blends of archetypal patterns and material in the personal unconscious.

The Collective Unconscious

The collective unconscious is made up of archetypes, which are ancient, qualitative patterns of being that evolved to deal with existence.
Archetypes are described in myths and symbols and aid recall and understanding.
Examples of archetypes include:
- Mother
- Hero
- Trickster
- Child

Complexes

Complexes are identified using word association tasks, which were developed by Jung.
Complexes are latent, unconscious psychological patterns that can be revealed through word association tasks.
11 patterns of complexes were identified by Jung.

Contributions

Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theories were the first to propose the existence and influence of unconscious processes and forces.
These theories focused on the effects of early development on adult personality.
They contributed to the foundations of modern psychiatry and the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders.

Criticism

Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theories have been criticized for poor testability and scientific value.
They have also been criticized for poor external validity.

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Lecture series covering various approaches to personality, including psychoanalytic, cognitive, humanistic, and psychobiological approaches, as well as personality assessment.