psychoanalytic theory * Freudian (Sigmund Freud) * Sexual and aggressive energies in the ID (unconscious) are controlled by Ego (bridge between ID and Reality) * Ego Psychology * Enhancing ego functions according to demands of reality * Object relations (Winnicott) * Human beings are shaped in relation to significant others * Struggle is to maintain relations with others while differentiating ourselves from them * Self Psychology (Heinz Kohut)
Discuss how theories of human growth and development can help understand human behaviour. Human growth and development is studied and researched with differing perspectives. There are many ways human growth and development can be looked at. Certain disciplines, such as, biology, psychology and sociology all have opposing viewpoints on the subject. The psychological viewpoint concentrates on the different processes of the mind, whereas, the biological approach is centred on genetics and environmental
Lifespan Developmental Psychology An Overview Development is process which starts from the moment the child is conceived by his mother. And it doesn't stops when the childhood ends. As a matter of fact, it continues till death. This development gives a shape to our socio-economic, cognitive and biological needs and views. Behaviors and actions of an individual are part of socio-emotional development that a person reflects while performing an activity. Lifespan development theory is basically an amalgamation
Analytic Psychology www.jungclub-london.org C. G. Jung Analytical Psychology Club London. "Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakens," The term 'psychoanalyst' is currently used to cover all those facts and theories presented in the works of Freud, Jung, and Adler. However it is often recommended that it should be applied only to the theory and practice of Freud and his disciples, and that the theory and practice of Jung should be designated 'Analytical Psychology', and that the theory and
The Crime of The Papin Sisters A brutal double murder took place on the evening of 2 February 1933, at the Lancelin home, in the town of Le Mans. The Papin sisters, Christine, 28 and Lea, 21, maids of the Lancelin murdered two middle-class women, Madame Lancelin and her daughter Genevieve. The maids had not simply killed the women, but had gouged their eyes out with their fingers while they were alive and had then used a hammer and knife to reduce both women to a bloody pulp. In both cases, there
More importantly, these two theorist’s also began seeking answers through analyzing the personal unconscious state of dreams. One theory that was proposed by Freud that was significantly parallel to Jung’s theory, was Freud’s theory of personality. Freud has determined that the “human personality consists of three components; the preconscious, conscious and the unconscious" (Shultz & Shultz, 2013). Starting with the conscious, this
Psychological Developmental Theories Abstract This paper looks at the effects of divorce on children based on the application of various psychological developmental theories. More specifically, children within the age groups of 4 to 6 and 7 to 11 will be taken into account. The theories explored and applied will include Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, Erikson’s psychosocial tasks, Bowlby’s attachment theory, Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory, Bandura’s social learning theory and Vygotsky’s, and
The article “Some Social Implications of Psychoanalytic Theory: A Social Work Perspective,” Brian Rasmussen and Daniel Salhani, discuss social implications of psychoanalytic theory and suggest the importance of these theoretical ideas to social work practice. Furthermore, the subsequent questions and concerns which arise from the implications of the numerous avenues of the psychodynamic theory. They maintained constant themes throughout this process, such as, understanding the importance of human
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
Nature vs. Nurture: Childhood Development A controversial topic still to this day is whether or not environmental and outside factors play a bigger role in a person’s development or genetics. Many psychologists have founded theories around childhood development, such as, Erikson, Bandura, who believe it’s the social interactions that really help to shape one’s growth. However, there are some who see both sides, such as, Freud, who provides evidence that it can be both, genes and nurture. Based on