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Everybody is unique or special in one form or another and each personality has a theory. For many years psychologists have based theories upon individuals and I the writer will compare and contrast three well known psychologists Sigmund Freud, Alfred Alder, and Carl Jung. Sigmund Freud was one of the greatest psychologists in time he Alder and Jung’s theories were very similar but then again very different. Within these theories we will discuss characteristics with which I agree and disagree with, explore the stages of Freud’s theory explaining characteristics of personality using stage components

The purpose of this paper is to look into the life and accomplishments of a well-known psychoanalyst, Carl Gustav Jung. Jung’s work brought forth several new concepts in psychology. While alive, his work influenced colleagues and continued to influence the future of psychology after his death.

No late homework will be accepted. Each assignment will be submitted via WebCT email by @ 11:59pm (see dates below). a. If you purchased the course textbooks separately, all case studies are in the Ashcraft. Personality Theories th Workbook (5 Ed.). Cengage Learning *** How to Submit Your Homework: Please copy and paste your homework from your word processing program into an email before submitting to Dr. Akiyama via WebCT (no attached files are accepted). All case studies homework assignments should be submitted together (e.g. Week 1: Assignment 1 Freud, Jung & Adler) in a single email. Please do not send separate emails for each case study assigned for a week. Week 1: Assignment 1 (30 points) Due date: Sunday, 06/23/13 by 11:59pm via WebCT email Theorist Homework Freud Case Study 1: Application Q: 1, 4 & 6, pp. 3 Jung Case Study 3: Application Q: 1, 2 & 3, pp. 11 Adler Case Study 7: Application Q: 1, 2 & 5, pp. 25

Freud’s psychodynamic theory suggests that behaviors and emotions are strongly affected by unconscious motives. There is two instinctual drives from the “id” that motivates behavior: Eros, the sex drive and life instinct, and Thanatos, the aggressive drive and death instinct. Freud suggests that these drives must be repressed because they are threatening to the individual. Defense mechanisms are mental processes and motivated behaviors that are utilized unconsciously as a form of protection against emotional pain, anxiety, and upsetting memories. Defense mechanisms allow individuals to cope with life stressors, but may also be problematic if used excessively. Behaviors used to protect an individual create impairment for problem solving and

The concept of psychological evaluation covers a range of techniques and theories that have evolved and developed throughout history. Understanding and comparing different theories to explain behaviour is important to further understand the behaviours of humans, how these behaviours are explained by psychologists and how these theories have changed over time and compare to each other. Psychodynamic theory, developed first by Sigmund Freud, attempts to explain human behaviour in relation to subconscious processes outside of the individuals awareness, that have their origins in childhood experiences (Deal, Kathleen Holtz, Psychodynamic Theory, Advances in Social Work8.1 (2007): 184-195.). Freud developed Drive Theory, founded on the belief that

One of Freud’s greatest contribution was his theory that the human psyche has multiple levels of consciousness structured into three parts, the id, ego, and superego (Van Der hart & Horst, 1986). Ranking amongst the most influential psychoanalytic theories of the aetiology of DID is Kelly and Kodman’s, (1993) ego state theory, which proposes that the psyche of an individual with DID comprises of multiple conflicts between the incompatible ego states that represents themselves as separate individuals. According to Kelly and Kodman (1993) within both the normal and the abnormal individual the mind is polypsych with multiple psychological systems and processes existing synchrony with one another. The theory argues that the distribution of personalities lies on a continuum ranging from normal adaptive differentiation at one end to pathological maladaptive dissociation at the other (Kelley & Kodman, 1987, Watkins, 1993).

In comparison and contrast the psychoanalytic theories of Freud, Jung, and Adler are very different and unique. However, Freud, Jung, and Adler are not at all alike. Freud based most psychological things on sexuality. Jung, promoted the concept of archetypes, and Adler believed in the “will power” theory Adler also believed that fundamentally, human beings are self-determined. Freud is big on self-consciousness; Jung said “the aim of life is to know oneself, and to know one is to plumb

The origins of Neo-Analytic and Ego Aspects approach to personality theory can be found within Freud’s psychoanalytic personality theory. Freud was one of the first theorist exploring the origin of personality. He defined personality as resulting from three aspects within the human mind, the id, ego and the superego. As more theorist began to emerge in the field of personality analysis, several of Freud’s theories were revised. Neo-Analytic and Ego Aspects emerged as theorist including Carl Jung, Alfred Alder, Erik Erickson and Karen Horney stressed Freud’s ideas regarding sexuality, early experience, socialization and the unconscious mind were misguided (King, 2013). Carl Jung, who lived from 1875 to 1961 and was considered Freud’s prodigy, grew up in Switzerland. Jung spent a large part of his lonely childhood daydreaming about his existence. He graduated in 1902 with a degree in medicine before collaborating with Freud (Jung, 2015). Another contributor to

1. Freud's essay on "The Sexual Aberrations" posits the existence of a sexual urge, called "libido", which Freud finds analogous to hunger. Freud suggests that, like hunger, the libido manifests itself more or less from birth. The chief question for Freud in this paper is why libido should manifest itself in unexpected ways as with "inversion", which is the slightly old-fashioned term that Freud uses for homosexuality. Freud rather unexpectedly relies on the suggestion that mucus membranes in general are susceptible to sexual stimulation in his opinion, this accounts for such varied phenomena as kissing, thumbsucking, and anal sex. Freud then goes on to explain foot fetishism and other sexual fascination with inanimate objects in terms of primitive religion: "This substitution is not unjustly compared with the fetich in which the savage sees the embodiment of his god." (Freud 1910). Freud goes on to explain other aberrations, such as Sado-Masochism, in terms of their attempt to cope with an overvaluation of the sexual object. The idealistic impulses of love are seen, by Freud, as perhaps even more evident in people who love whips or feet. Ultimately Freud brings it back to the nature of the hypothesized infantile sexuality in Freud's belief, this has no natural object and is expressed in all directions at once.

Alfred Adler was the founder of Individual Psychology. He lived a life full of a number of obstacles of which he had to face at a very young age. (Wintle, 2007) These obstacles were overcome by the power of motivation. Adler did not allow his imperfections to define him; instead he went on to become an educated psychologist. Through his education and work, Adler created and established many major concepts and theories that are still frequently used today. His major concepts include; inferiority feelings, striving for superiority or perfection, the style of life, social interest and birth order. (Schultz & Schultz, 2013)

This passage from “Psycho-analysis,” Sigmund Freud’s essay detailing the origins, methods, and applications of his theory of psychoanalysis, reveals the utility of his approach in understanding what lies beneath the surface through the interpretation of dreams, which later psychoanalytic critics related to the interpretation of literature. Freud’s description of his psychoanalytic theory considers it an approach to unlocking knowledge that is impossible to discover through prior methods of psychology and that is applicable across all areas of the sciences and humanities. Here, students of Freud’s theory can find correlations between psychoanalysis to both structuralism and deconstruction through his method of interpreting dreams, which

The reading of personality has a thick layer of theories in psychology and is one of the most important fragments of psychological history to this day. This paper will compare and contrast the differences between the great theories of the psychodynamic theory from Sigmund Freud and the humanistic theory from Carl Rogers. These two theorists have different views of how personality is developed, with both theorists influencing the world of psychological personality to this day. Disputes between both theorists exist with both of them having complete different views on personality and how personality influences a person. The main issues of this paper are going to be about the basic theory and research methods that Freud and Rogers used in their Psychodynamic and Humanistic theories of psychology respectively.

The introduction of the psychoanalytic theory into the field of psychology in the late 19th century and early 20th century by Sigmund Freud provided an innovative approach toward the examination and treatment of an individual’s behaviors. Through Freud’s definition of psychoanalysis, the idea that behaviors are not random, but rather full of significance, was encapsulated. In general terms Freud viewed psychoanalysis as an attribution of thoughts and actions to an individual’s unconscious motives and conflicts through the use of personality and therapeutic methods. Within this theory Freud developed an idea of an individual’s mind by analyzing it in comparison to an iceberg. Much like an iceberg, which contains various regions that are

The personality of a person depicts how he can show responses to external influences, as well as internal turmoil. The understanding of personality on a number of theories, such as on the concepts of Freud, Jung and Adler allows a therapist to better analyse the conditions of a patient, and in turn providing them interventions to resolve problems. The researcher finds that knowledge about personality is extremely important when attempting to perform a psychoanalytic assessment (Dryden & Mytton, 2016). It allows us as therapists to select the best options and create tools that are able to help patients that are suffering from psychological problems that may or may not have underlying biological

Examined are the key elements in the personality theories of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) and Carl Jung (1875-1961). Prior to Freud, personality psychology did not exist. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory conceptualized personality development in terms of psychosexual stages whereby personality was fixed by middle childhood. Freud explained that mental and physical illnesses were the result of an individual not being aware of the inner conflict which was experienced due to repressed infantile sexuality (Friedman & Schustack, 2012). Jung, as part of the neo-analytic movement, meaning new analysis, was the first to deviate from Freud calling his theory of personality analytic psychology. Central to Jung’s belief was that people’s sexual urges were no more important than their goals and motivations and that personality development was lifelong (Friedman & Schustack, 2012). His perspective was more social and optimistic than Freud’s perspective. Within the many similarities in their personality theories, exposed in some detail are their many differences in terms of motivation, the id versus the ego, consciousness, dream interpretation, and complexes. By Jung challenging Freud on his conceptualization of personality, doors were opened enabling fresh approaches to emerge and thrive.