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Freudian

The document discusses the contributions of Swiss psychoanalyst Hermann Rorschach, who created the inkblot test to assess personality based on patients' interpretations of ambiguous images. It outlines Freud's psychoanalytic theory, including the roles of the ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO, as well as the five psychosexual stages of development. Additionally, it mentions critiques of Freud's theories, particularly from humanistic theorists who emphasize personal growth over the focus on sex and aggression.

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Freudian

The document discusses the contributions of Swiss psychoanalyst Hermann Rorschach, who created the inkblot test to assess personality based on patients' interpretations of ambiguous images. It outlines Freud's psychoanalytic theory, including the roles of the ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO, as well as the five psychosexual stages of development. Additionally, it mentions critiques of Freud's theories, particularly from humanistic theorists who emphasize personal growth over the focus on sex and aggression.

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Rorschach: was a Swiss psychoanalyst who in his youth was fascinated by the childhood game of making pictures
out of ink blots called Klecksography.

ink blots: ung would ask patients to say the first thing that came to mind when they saw words like 'dead' or
'window' or 'abuse', and Rorschach thought "why not do the same thing with amorphous blobs?"

Definition of Personality: Assuming there were important differences between those who saw dancing bunnies
versus those who saw severed screaming heads, he drew conclusions about a patient's personality.

Psychoanalytic Perspective: one of the most influential, has been the Psychoanalytic Perspective. First championed
by our coke loving, cigar chewing friend, Sigmund Freud.

The ID, The EGO, and The SUPEREGO:


● provide the battleground for this internal conflict that shaped our personalities. so-called "Pleasure
Principle" of immediate gratification.
● kids develop the EGO part of their personality that largely conscious component that's charged with dealing
with reality
● ID don't much like each other and it's up to the referee EGO to sort everything out.

Effects of the ID, EGO and SUPEREGO:


● in part, from the EGO getting all stressed out about losing control over the ID and SUPEREGO.
● defense that's thought to work by banishing any thoughts, feelings or memories that cause anxiety to the
unconscious.

five psycho-sexual stages


● Infants start out in the oral stage because they get pleasure from eating.
● From there, a child enters the anal stage, focused on peeing and pooping, then onto the phallic stage as they
discover their boy and girl bits.
● It was during this stage that Freud believed the infamous Oedipus complex reared up, characterized by a
boy experiencing a form of sexual desire toward his mother and parallel jealousy or hatred of his father.
● Freud called from about age 6 to puberty the latency stage, marked by dormant sexual feelings which
eventually evolved into the fifth and final adult genital stage of mature sexual interests.

Folks who disagree with Frued and their thoughts: She wasn't down with the idea that our personalities are primarily
shaped by sex and aggression. She especially rejected the notion of penis envy which she thought was more than a
little insulting to women.

humanistic theorists: Rather than focusing on how messed up we can be, humanistic theorists focus on the basic
goodness of people and how they strive to achieve their full potential. In other words, they believe in the potential
for personal growth.

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