In this essay Freud sets out his theory of psychosexual development. He asserts that there is in all humans an innate drive or instinct for pleasure, a sort of psychic energy, which he calls the libido and this energy needs to be discharged. He then goes on to describe how this drive finds outlet at the earliest stages of life, as babies, toddlers and infants and describes the oral, anal and phallic stages and the psychological effects of fixation at these stages. It is important to note that Freud separated sexual aims and objectives. His work on sexuality and perversions led to the wider theory of sexuality whereby he differentiated the sexual aim (the desire for pleasure) and the object (the person or thing used to fulfil the desire).
Describe and Evaluate the Psychoanalytical / Psychodynamic Approach to Personality Development Psychoanalytic theory originated with the work of Sigmund Freud (Gross 2010). Through his clinical work with patients suffering from mental illness, Freud came to believe that childhood experiences and unconscious desires influenced behaviour. Based on his observations, Freud developed a theory that described development in terms of a series of psychosexual stages. According to Freud (1949), conflicts that occur during each of these stages can have a lifelong influence on personality and therefore behaviour (Hayes 2000). Within this essay I am going to delve further into these principles and evaluate their validity and reliability as an approach to personality development.
Written Assignment 1 Bryan Lindsey, Chesapeake Virginia Developmental Psychology Dr. Robert Wolf 05 Feb 2011 Written Assignment 1 1. Compare and contrast the psychoanalytic theories of Freud and Erikson. (Chapter 2) The psychoanalytic theories of both Freud and Erickson are similar in many ways, but Erickson recognized a wide range of outcomes from the eight developmental stages that being different from Freud’s five stages. Freud believed that development in the first six years occurred in the three stages (Stassen). Freud believed that each stage focused on sexual pleasure that came or originated from a particular part of the body.
Describe and discuss the psychodynamic approach, refer to evidence in your answer. Freud’s psychodynamic approach is about the influence of unconscious childhood behaviour and experiences that determined our adult behaviour later on in life. This has many different features being the psychosexual stages, personality and defence mechanisms. Freud suggests that particular features of this approach will have a large effect on behaviour in later life such as sexuality, cleanliness and habits. Freud’s approach of the psychosexual stages suggested development unconsciously takes place at different stages, conflict to overcome at the stage or result of failure concludes in fixation at that certain stage having an influence on adult behaviour.
The psychodynamic approach evolved from psychoanalysis, founded by Sigmund Freud, who considered that people’s behaviours are influenced by their motives or dynamics. Psychodynamics has three distinctive features or assumptions. That the difficulty a client is having has an origin in their childhood. Secondly, the client is not consciously aware of these affecting their motives and impulses, and lastly that it uses the interpretation of the transference relationship between client and councillor (McLeod, p.91). This essay will now consider these features in more depth.
Psychoanalytic Personality Assessment TaWonnia Jackson PSY250 September 6, 2012 Loretta Harris Psychoanalytic Personality Assessment The following statements discussed will analyze the components of the psychoanalytic approach to personality. The theories of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Alfred Adler are compared and contrasted by research found. There will be characteristics of two theories along with descriptions of the stages to Freud’s theory, and characteristics along with Freudian's defense mechanisms. Each theorist’s had their own unique way of developing their very own theory. Sigmund Freud's theory is the psychoanalytic theory unique to a certain point and which it has developed formal models describing the ways in which individuals process information on different levels (Bornstein, 2010).
The superego fails to internalise morals. Therefore, someone whose superego overpowers the id and ego may often have deviant behaviour. The root of Freud’s theory is that all people are driven by the libido. The libido isn’t just the sex drive; it can take different forms. The libido moves to different areas of the body at different stages of development.
I am going to write my reflection on the story of Young Goodman Brown in the light of psychoanalysis theory. I will start with the theory, then applied it on the story. Sigmund Freud, a well-known psychologist, introduced us to a new theory in the world of criticism; he invented the concept of Psychoanalytic Criticism, in which he divided the mind into conscious and unconscious. Returning to the history of the theory and its development, we can say that Sigmund Freud, believed that the unconscious is the storehouse, where all the hidden desires, fears, and ambition are stored and suppressed. He declared that our mind consists of both conscious (ID), and the unconscious (ego).
Discuss the psychodynamic approach. Refer to another approach in your answer. The psychodynamic approach began with and is largely based on the ideas and theories of the psychologist Sigmund Freud. Since his institution of the psychoanalytical theory, it has been expanded on by other psychologists such as Erik Erikson. This was also the first “real” form of psychology (i.e.
Another theme with Freud’s work concerned the unconscious mind, the part of our mind we are not aware of. He believed that the unconscious contain unresolved conflicts and has a powerful effect on our behaviour and experience. He argued that these conflicts will show themselves in our dreams and fantasies, and that threatening conflicts can appear in disguised forms, in the shape of symbols. Freud advanced a theory of personality development that centred on the effects of the sexual pleasure drive on the individual psyche. He argued that there are particular points in the development process, arguing that a single body part is particularly sensitive to sexual, erotic stimulation.