PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Personality Development, Karen Horney
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No role for social & cultural contexts to influence personality development. Negative & pessimistic view of humans & development. The unconscious still plays a large role in life. Behaviour often reflects compromises in conflicts among mental processes. Childhood plays an important role in personality development. Mental representations of the self and relationships guide our interactions with others. Personality development involves regulating sexual and aggressive feelings, but also moving from an immature, socially-dep. Made several contributions to understanding of personality, including. Striving for superiority is the main motivating force. All individual actions aim to establish a sense of superiority over life s obstacles. But, excessive feelings of inferiority lead to inferiority complex. Results in feelings of helplessness & running away from problems. Social interest combined with superiority striving indicates mental health of a person. Compared to freud, adler placed more emphasis on parents role in personality development. 2 parental behaviours can lead to later problems.
