Personality Reflection Essay

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Personality Reflection Thomas Colt March 14, 2011 PSY/250 HATTIE CARROLL-RATLIFF This paper will be discussing many different things about three well known psychologists Freud, Adlers and Jung. The first part I will compare what the three had in common and the differences between them and then I will also talk about a couple of characteristics of there theories that I agree with. The next part will be about describing the stages of Freud’s theory and I will also be explaining characteristics of personality using these components. The last part in this paper I will be describing the uses of at least three Freudian defense mechanisms with real-life examples. Psychoanalysis—Freud's innovative treatment method in which the patient is encouraged to speak freely about memories, associations, fantasies and dreams and which relies on Freud's theories of interpretation—was Freud's noble cause and, for a time, it was Alfred Adler's and Carl Jung's as well. Alfred Adler, a medical doctor with a deep interest in psychology and human nature, met Freud in their native Vienna in 1900 at a medical conference where Freud presented his new theories about dreams and the unconscious. Freud's radical ideas were met with scorn and open hostility—as they often were during these early years of the psychoanalytic movement. Adler, one of the few who had recognized the brilliance of Freud's first major work, The Interpretation of Dreams, was dismayed by the proceedings and came to Freud's defense in an article he wrote for a medical journal in which he demanded that Freud's views be given the respect and attention they deserved. Adler soon joined

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