Psychodynamic Theories of Personality | Minnesota State University Moorhead

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Minnesota State University Moorhead
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PSY-113 | General Psychology
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2022
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THEORIES OF PERSONALITY Psychodynamic Theories of Personality PSYCH 212 – 0510C BS Psychology 2 – 1st Sem ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CARL JUNG DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY 1. Childhood  ego begins to form substantively only when the child becomes able to distinguish between himself and other people or objects in the world.  Consciousness forms when the child is able to say “I”.  Anarchic Phase – chaotic and sporadic consciousness  Monarchic Phase – development of the ego and by the beginning of logical and verbal thinking; see themselves objectively and often refer to themselves in the third person.  Dualistic Phase - ego as perceiver; ego is divided into objective and subjective; refer to themselves in the first person and are aware of their existence as separate individuals. 2. Youth (teenage & Young Adulthood)  individual’s psychic birth, marked by difficulties and the need to adapt.  completing an education, beginning a career, getting married, and starting a family.  to achieve goals and establish a secure, successful place for oneself in the world.  is to overcome the natural tendency to cling to the narrow consciousness of childhood  Conservative Principle – desire to live in the past 3. Middle Age  approximately age 35 or 40  Major personality changes occur even when the adaptation problems of young adulthood have already been resolved.  a natural transition involving the shift of focus on the objective world of reality to one’s inner, subjective world  one naturally begins the process of self-actualization. Individuation or Self-realization  process of restoring wholeness to the psyche in adult development.  to move the center of personality from the ego to some midpoint between the ego and the unconscious Transcendent Function  aspect of personality that integrates the diverse aspects into a unified in the later phases of the individuation process. Symbolic Life  One who has successfully completed a Jungian analysis must lead a “Symbolic life”.  to actively participate in the ongoing human task of tapping the creative energies of the unconscious.