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The Psychoanalytic Perspective (Mod 44)

Adler. Is this Legit?. Horney. Neo-Freudians. Jung. The Psychoanalytic Perspective (Mod 44). Personality Tests. Freud. We are here. Unconscious & Personality. Projective Tests. Defense Mechanisms. Structure. Rorschach Inkblot. TAT. Development.

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The Psychoanalytic Perspective (Mod 44)

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  1. Adler Is this Legit? Horney Neo-Freudians Jung The Psychoanalytic Perspective (Mod 44) Personality Tests Freud We are here Unconscious & Personality Projective Tests Defense Mechanisms Structure Rorschach Inkblot TAT Development

  2. What happens when the Id and Superego can’t reconcile??!!  • The psychic energy has to go somewhere! • Id won’t let it go • Super-ego won’t let it happen • To protect itself the organism employs defense mechanisms.

  3. Defense Mechanisms • The ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by distorting reality. • Never aware they are occurring. • Nine major types.

  4. Scenario: Quarterback of the high school football team, Cameron, is dating Jasmine. Jasmine dumps Cameron and starts dating Kevin, president of the chess club. Jasmine Cameron Kevin

  5. 1. Repression • Pushing thoughts into our unconscious. • When asked about Jasmine, Cameron may say “Who?, I have not thought about her for awhile.” • UNDERLIES ALL OTHER D.M.s!!

  6. 2. Denial • Not accepting the ego-threatening truth. • Cameron may act like he is still together with Jasmine. He may hang out by her locker and plan dates with her.

  7. 3. Displacement • Redirecting one’s feelings toward another person or object. • Often displaced on less threatening things. • Cameron may take his anger on another kid by bullying.

  8. 4. Projection • Believing that the feelings one has toward someone else are actually held by the other person and directed at oneself. • Cameron insists that Jasmine still cares for him.

  9. 5. Reaction Formation • Expressing the opposite of how one truly feels. • Cootie stage in Freud’s Latent Development. • Cameron claims he hates Jasmine.

  10. 6. Regression • Returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior. • Cameron begins to sleep with his favorite childhood stuffed animal.

  11. 7. Rationalization • Coming up with a beneficial result of an undesirable outcome. • Cameron thinks he will find a better girlfriend. “Jasmine was not all that anyway!” • I really did want to go to ……..anyway, it was too ……

  12. 8. Intellectualization • Undertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic. • Cameron starts doing a research paper on failed teenage romances.

  13. 9. Sublimation • Channeling one’s frustration toward a different goal. • Sometimes a healthy defense mechanism. • Cameron starts to learn how to play the guitar and writing songs (or maybe starts to body build).

  14. Important: • All of these DM’s can be helpful & useful when temporarily trying to escape anxiety. • BUT… • They become maladaptive when used to escape reality.

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