AP Psych - Neo-Freudians

Neo-Freudians

A group of individuals who liked what Freud theorized: Id, super-ego, the unconscious, personality being formed in early childhood, anxiety, defense, mechanisms.

How did Neo-Freudians differ from Freud?

1) Conscious mind is involved with interpreting experiences and coping with our environment

2) Did not believe sex and aggression influenced personality

Carl Jung

-Believed that Freud overemphasized sexuality

-We inherited the experiences and memories of our ancestors (impacts our lives on the unconscious level)

-Believed in opposites (archetypes; introversion v extroversion)

-Most people do not have balanced pairs, most of us have one trait that is more dominant than the other, creates personality.

Karen Horney

-Disputed existence of "penis envy" and Oedipal Complex

-Believed that differences between men and women was the result of social roles

-Believed that personality developed beyond childhood

-Believed that personality could be blocked by basic anxiety (leads to mental illness)

-10 neurotic needs to be healthy

-Deal with basic anxiety be moving toward, away, or against other people

Alfred Adler

-Developed theses compassing the effect of birth oder, lifestyle, and the inferiority complex on personality development

-Gave more credit to social groups/environment on personality than Freud

-Believed if we suffered from feelings of inferiority that we tried to compensate for our inferiority in our behaviors

TAT/Rorschach Inkblot Test

-Thematic Apperception Test

-Used these projective tests to get info from the unconscious mind