Our personality is made up three parts (tripartite personality) Id Ego Super ego
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Context
Freud believed that the adult personality is structured into three parts that develop at different stages in our lives.
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Explain the parts- ID
Id is the Impulsive and instinctive part of our personality
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Ego
The ego is the rational part and is in touch with reality
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Super ego
This is our sense of morals and ideal self
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According to this approach
According to this approach these three parts are often in conflict with one another and will influence our behaviour.
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Another approach is
Another assumption is that our behaviour is influenced by different levels of consciousness and ego defences.
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What did Freud propose?
He propose that the mind is like an iceberg and what goes on in the mind lies beneath the surface
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association with dreams.
. The unconscious mind cannot be directly accessed but expresses itself indirectly, for example through dreams
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5 Psychosexual stages of development
Oral anal phallic latency genital
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Context
According to Freud a major influence on personality is the dominance of a part of the core personality, the ID, Ego or Superego.
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A dominant Id reslt in
low moral control and is most like to have narcissism
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A dominant ego
Could result in a person becoming overly rational
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A dominant Superego
Could result in a person being very judgmental and emotionally frozen
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what did freud suggest?
Freud suggested that how we are as adults is dependent on our childhood upbringing
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Oral fixation
An oral fixation combined with a punishing parental style leads to an aggressive personality with negative thought patterns
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Non aggressive
but if the parental style is indulgent, the character is dependent, easily fooled and over indulgent
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Anal fixation
If fixation occurs in the potty training (anal stage) and the parents are punishing a person is obstinate, fussy and miserly
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over indulgent
If however, parents are over indulgent then this is the classic binge character, generous, disorganised, and prone to losing control of drinking, eating, spending and so on
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Strengths and weaknesses of Biological Approach
One strength of the biological approach is that it has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of human behaviours and disorders.
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Example
Discovery of unipolar depression linked to lack of serotonin ia supported due to prozac having positive effect on people with the illness
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Freud believed that the adult personality is structured into three parts that develop at different stages in our lives.
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