PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 46: Penis Envy, Projective Test, Reaction Formation

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Personality is our characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting. Sigmund freud psychoanalytic theory proposed that childhood sexuality and unconscious motivations personality. Humanistic approach focused more on our inner capacities for growth and self- ful lment. Later theories built on these two previous perspectives. Trait theory: examines characteristic patterns of behaviour. Social cognitive theories: explore interactions bw people"s traits (including their thinking) and their social context. Psychodynamic theories: of personality view human behaviour as a dynamic interaction bw the conscious mind and the unconscious mind, including associated motives and con icts. These theories come from freud"s psychoanalysis - his theory of personality and the associated treatment techniques: frued was the rst to consider the unconscious. Freud was a product of his time, the victorian era: time of tremendous scienti c discovery and advancement, sexual repression and male dominance, gender roles clearly de ned, males superiors. Saturday, october 29, 2016: only male sexuality generally acknowledged (discreetly)