2. NAME: Sigmund Freud
OCCUPATION: Scholar, Psychiatrist
BIRTH DATE: May 06, 1856
DEATH DATE: September 23, 1939
EDUCATION: University of Vienna
PLACE OF BIRTH: Freiberg, Moravia,
Austrian Empire (Czech Republic)
PLACE OF DEATH: London, England
ORIGINALLY: Sigismund Schlomo Freud
4. There are 3 basic aspects of personality
A. ID (Inner Desire)
- subconscious level
- urges, instinct
Baby like self
Immediate gratification of desires
Pleasure seeking (libido)
Aggression
Sexual impulses
5. Repository of the unconcious wishes primarily
LIBIDINAL
All the animal like impulses the individual
experiences
THE URGE TO KILL IS AN IMPLUSE
OF THE ID
6. B. EGO – concious self (overseer)
Deals with reality
Negotiate the demand of the ID
May operate with the ID in the unconcious level and
the reality at the preconcious and concious level
MATURE AND ADAPTIVE
BEHAVIOR
7. c. SUPER EGO – conscience
Good in us
Small voice from within that dictates what should
be done properly
Moral Center
We internalize the moral code of our society
Maintains the standard of personality
THE SUPEREGO MUST INHIBIT THE ID IMPULSES AND
PERSUADE THE EGO TO SUBSTITUTE MORALISTIC
GOALS FOR REALISTIC GOALS
8. THE THREE COMPONENTS ARE
PRESUMED TO WORK IN
UNISON UNDER THE
ORGANIZATION OF THE EGO.
Interpersonal conflict – involves the
interaction of the ID, EGO and SUPER
EGO
9. Has five (5) psychosexual stages
1. ORAL (first 2 years of life)
Infant finds gratification through
stimulation of the lips and the mouth
region as in sucking and nursing.
The oral (mouth) cavity is the zone of
primary pleasure for the infant
10. RECEPTIVE – involves taking
food for the body use or
pleasure
AGGRESSIVE – biting to
represent displeasure
11. 2. ANAL (12 – 30 months)
The child receives primary pleasure from anal
activities
Toilet training is related to this period
During the second year of life, the child is
encouraged to “control” elimination of waste.
12. REFLEXIVE – pleasurable stimulation from
retaining feces
RETENTIVE – tension related to expelling
waste
13. 3. PHALLIC – (3rd – 6th year of life)
Child develops instinctual attraction for the
opposite sex parent
This results in fear of the same sex parents.
The attraction and fear becomes/brings
severe conflict.
14. OEDIPUS COMPLEX – son mother relationship
ELECTRA COMPLEX – daughter father
relationship
15. 4. LATENCY -period of repressed sexual activity
between 6 y/o and puberty (11 y/o)
Increased activity with the same sex peers
which corresponds with a decrease in
heterosexual activity – activities like studying
and sports dominate.
Period of repression of sexual desires
16. 5. GENITAL (stage of normal adulthood)
The child’s basic interest and sources of
EROTIC SATISFACTION become CENTERED in
heterosexual behavior.
This stage is characterized by ATTRACTION to
the opposite sex.
17. FIXATION – occurs when there is arrested
development or inability to pass to the next
stage.
e.g. oral fixation – thumb sucking, nail
biting, greediness
anal fixation – excessive conformity
and self control and compulsiveness
18. The PHALLIC CHARACTER is
reckless in behaviour and
defines his sexual prowess
without feelings of love.
19. Aims of the motivational and
emotional components of
personality. According to
Sigmund Freud, man inherits the
LIFE instinct and the DEATH
instinct (LIBIDO and MORTIDO)
20. CONSCIOUS – perception, thought and emotions
that exist in the person’s awareness
- social responsibility
PRECONSCIOUS – not currently in the person’s
awareness, but can be called with some effort
- just beneath the surface
21. UNCONSCIOUS – realm of thoughts and
feelings that motivate a person even though
he/she is totally unaware of them.