PSYC 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Carl Jung, Unconscious Mind, Phallic Stage
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Psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theories: these theories of human personality focus on the inner forces that interact to make us who we are. In this view: behavior, as well as human emotions and personality, develop in a dynamic (interacting, changing) interplay between conscious and unconscious processes, including various motives and inner conflicts. Neo-freudian, psychodynamic theorists: psychodynamic theorists, such as adler, horney, and jung, accepted f(cid:396)eud"s ideas about: The importance of the unconscious and childhood relationships in shaping personality. The role of defense mechanisms in reducing anxiety about uncomfortable ideas: psychodynamic theorists differed from freud in a few ways: Adler and horney believed that anxiety and personality are a function of social, not sexual tensions in childhood. Jung believed that we have a collective unconscious, containing images fro(cid:373) our species" experie(cid:374)ces, not just personal repressed memories and wishes. Evidence has updated f(cid:396)eud"s ideas: development appears to be lifelong, not set in stone by childhood.
