PSY E243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Attachment Theory, Ego Psychology, Extraversion And Introversion
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Neo-frudians: adler, jung, erikson, et al. Modern ego psychology: attachment theory (bowlby, transference. Reinterpreted freudian ideas, and built upon them. First to fall out with freud: not a small fall out, freud banned him for life from doing any work with him, etc. Social interest , not sex, was primary motivator. Organ inferiority: specific point of physical weakness/vulnerability. Everybody is born with some organ inferiority; everyone in some ways is inferior to everyone else. Rooted in adler"s personal experience, as a child he was very sick/close to dying but not everyone approaches his or her inferiority in the same way. All feelings of inferiority, real or imagined, trigger similar compensatory. More than one way to respond to inferiority. Lifestyle (or style of life): comprised of inferiority concerns and preferred ways of processes. compensating. Health and appearance, family status/resources, parental attitudes, birth order, gender role. Give rise (during adolescence) to attitudes about: Which lead to characteristic way of approaching:
