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Interpersonal Harry Stack Theory Sullivan  Biography of Sullivan He was born in February 21, 1892 at Norwich,New York Oldest existing son of poor Irish Catholic parents Lonely Childhood Existence Academically Gifted He graduated V...

Interpersonal Harry Stack Theory Sullivan  Biography of Sullivan He was born in February 21, 1892 at Norwich,New York Oldest existing son of poor Irish Catholic parents Lonely Childhood Existence Academically Gifted He graduated Valedictorian in High School He graduated at Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery in 1917 Founder of the journal Psychiatry in 1937 Died of Cerebral Hemorrhage on January 14,1949  Introduction Interpersonal theory focuses on the interactions, relationships, and communication between individuals.It explores how's people behavior, thoughts, and emotions are influenced by their interactions with others, as well as how this interactions shape their self-concept and identity This theory emphasizes the importance of social connections, attachment patterns, and the impact of interpersonal dynamics on He believed that one's personality involved more than individual memtal and emotional well-being characteristics, particularly how one interacted with others He also expalined about the importance of current life events of psychopathology. The further states that the purpose of all behavior is to get needs met through interpersonal interactions and decrease or avoid anxiety.  Concept of Personality Personality is an energy sytem that has the potential to produce action TENSIO Needs potential for action N that may not be in awareness like hunger,drowsiness,or sexual excitement Anxiety Needs Brought on the biological imbalance between a person and their physiochemical environment kind of tension that leads to productive actions they help integrate personality 1.General Needs (facilitate the overall well-being of a person) a. INTERPERSONAL (tenderness,intimacy, and love) : b.Physiological (food,oxygen,water, and forth) 1. Zonal Needs (may :also satisfy general needs) a. Oral b. Genital c. Manual Anxiety Kind of tension that leads to non-profuctive actions and disintegrative behavior Anxiety are vague. Unlike needs , there is no sure way of getting rid of it. Energy Anxiety can prevent us in satisfying our interpersonal needs. transformation Needs for Anxiety tenderness Though (seeking other people) ts,beha vior,dou bt  Dynamism ( Traits or behavioral Patterns ) Disjuncti Isolating Conjuncti ve Dynamis ve (Which do not need other Dynamis (which are destructive to people) m people (which are related to ourDynamis interpersonal needs m Ex. Malevolence in order to be satisfied) m which can unite us with Ex. Lust other people -the feeling of being Ex. Intimacy -autoerotic behavior inside the enemies -also happened during even when another camp "chums" according to person is the object of sullivan intimacy is an one's lust antidote for anxiety  Security Operation Conjuncti ve Dissociat Dynamis Ex. Self-system ion includes those impulses,desires, and needs, that a person refuses m of behavior -pattern that maintains people's to allow into awareness. interpersonal security by protecting them from Selective Inattention anxiety the control of focal awareness  Personification the image we see ourselves/How we view ourselves Start during infancy and develop as we grow older Bad- Good- Me Mother Mother Eidetic Satisfaction Personificati of needs on  The Mother Good- The Bad- Personification Mother Mother -comes from -comes the from an cooperative infant's and feelings of nurturing being behavior of underfed a mother  Bad me Bad me is the part of personality that develops in the response to negative The Me feedback from the primary Not Me caregiver. Not me is the part of Perso personality that response to situations that produce Good Me intense anxiety in the child nification Good me is the part of personality that develop in the response to positive feedback from the primary caregiver. Eidetic Personification -Manifest as imaginary frie -Comes into conflict with interpersonal relationship when people projects traits onto others  Levels of Cognition PROTOTAXIC undifferentiated experiencesthat are completely personal PARATAX prelogical experiences that are communicated to others only in a IC distorted fashion SYNTAXI consensually validated experiences that can be accurately C communicated to others  SULLIVAN'S LIFE STAGES  Psychological All psychological disorder have an interpersonal origin and can be Disorders understand only with reference to the patient's social environment Dissociated reactions,which often precede schizophrenia, are characterized by loneliness, low self-esteem, uncanny emotion, unsatisfactory with others, and ever-increasing anxiety Two broad classes of schizophrenia. (Organic and Situational Psychotherapy Sullivan evolved a theory that emphasized the importance of interpersonal relations. Sullivanian therapist attempt to help patient develop foresight, discover difficultiesin in interpersonal relations, and restore their ability to particpate in consensually validated experiences. Thank You