THEORIES OF PSYCHOANALYTIC DEVELOPMNET CECILLE ANN RAVALO

Who is Sigmund Freud ? Sigmund Freud Biography Scholar, Psychiatrist (1856–1939)  NAME Sigmund Freud OCCUPATION Scholar, Psychiatrist BIRTH DATE May 6, 1856 DEATH DATE September 23, 1939 EDUCATION University of Vienna PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg, Moravia, Austrian Empire PLACE OF DEATH London, England ORIGINALLY Sigismund Schlomo Freud

Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality argued that human behavior was the result of the interaction of three component parts of the mind: the id, ego, and superego. His structural theory placed great importance on the role of unconscious psychological conflicts in shaping behavior and personality. Dynamic interactions among these basic parts of the mind were thought to carry human beings through five psychosexual stages of development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. Each stage required mastery for a human to develop properly and move on to the next stage successfully. Freud's ideas have since been met with criticism, mostly because of his singular focus on sexuality as the main driver of human personality development.

What is psychoanalytic theory ? Psychoanalytic theory originated with the

work of Sigmund Freud. Through his clinical work with patients suffering from mental illness, Freud came to believe that childhood experiences and unconscious desires influenced behavior. Based on his observations, he developed a theory that described development in terms of a series of psychosexual stages. According to Freud, conflicts that occur during each of these stages can have a lifelong influence on personality and behavior

Psychoanalytic theory was an enormously influential force during the first half of the twentieth century. Those inspired and influenced by Freud went on to expand upon Freud's ideas and develop theories of their own. Of these neo-Freudians, Erik Erikson's ideas have become perhaps the best known. Erikson's eight-stage theory of psychosocial development describes growth and change throughout the lifespan, focusing on social interaction and conflicts that arise during different stages of development.

3 PARTS OF PERSONALITY THE IDThe id is the only component of personality that is

present from birth.This aspect of personality is entirely unconscious and

includes of the instinctive and primitive behaviors.According to Freud, the id is the source of all psychic

energy, making it the primary component of personality.

The id is driven by the pleasure principle, which strives for immediate gratification of all desires, wants, and needs. If these needs are not satisfied immediately, the result is a state anxiety or tension.

THE EGOThe ego is the component of personality that is responsible for

dealing with reality.According to Freud, the ego develops from the id and ensures

that the impulses of the id can be expressed in a manner acceptable in the real world.

The ego functions in both the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious mind.

The ego operates based on the reality principle, which strives to satisfy the id's desires in realistic and socially appropriate ways. The reality principle weighs the costs and benefits of an action before deciding to act upon or abandon impulses. In many cases, the id's impulses can be satisfied through a process of delayed gratification--the ego will eventually allow the behavior, but only in the appropriate time and place.

The ego also discharges tension created by unmet impulses through the secondary process, in which the ego tries to find an object in the real world that matches the mental image created by the id's primary process.

THE SUPEREGOThe last component of personality to develop is the

superego.The superego is the aspect of personality that holds

all of our internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquire from both parents and society - our sense of right and wrong.

The superego provides guidelines for making judgments.

According to Freud, the superego begins to emerge at around age five.

There are two parts of the superego:

 

Unresolved conflicts between the id-ego and superego-ego can lead to a fixation or blockage in development.

Results in excessive dependence or manipulation.

 

QUOTES“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.”—Sigmund Freud