PSC 162 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Attachment Theory, John Bowlby, Stuffed Toy
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Psc 162: personality puzzle ch11- psychoanalysis after freud: neo-freudians, objext. Neo-freudians: view sex as less important, less emphasis on unconscious mental processes and more emphasis conscious thought. Ego psychology: looks more like current main-stream psychology, focuses on perception, memory, learning and rational conscious thinking. Alfred alder (1870-1937): adult strivings to overcome early childhood feelings of inferiority. Social interest: the desire to relate positivity with other people. Masculine protest: an adult who acts and becomes powerful, because of feeling inadequate or inferior as a child (particularly acute in men) this is a form of compensation in response to feelings of inferiority. Carl jung (1875-1961): ideas concerning the collective unconscious. Interest in spiritual and mystical matters (freud was a devout atheist) Collective unconscious: as a result of the history of human species, all people share inborn racial memories and ideas, most of which reside in the unconscious. Archetypes: the core of how people think about the world (both consciously and unconsciously)
