Shipley Lesson Three 1

Lesson Three: Psychoanalysis Approach to Personality

Objectives:
Educational
Students should be able to:
1. Explain two of three psychoanalytic views on the development of
personality.
2. Differentiates between Sigmund Freuds view and a Neo-Freudians view
of personality.
Informational
Students will actively watch two short videos through guided notes and pauses for
discussion in order to later compare Freuds view with a Neo-Freudian view
through the use of a primary source document.
Instructional
Students will work in groups of 3-4 in order to analyze the important differences
and similarities within the field of psychoanalytic psychologist in regards to
personality.
Standards:
Common Core Curriculum
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more
authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they
include and emphasize in their respective accounts.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.9 Compare and contrast findings presented in a
text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when
the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
NCSS Thematic Strand
Individual Development, and Identity
People, Places, and Environments
Context:
This lesson would be used in a psychology course about personality or Sigmund Freud.
This lesson could also be used in looking at the perspective of psychoanalysis. This lesson goes
over the theories provided by Freud. Students also take into account the context in which he is
coming up with his theories and how his theories change in context. Students compare more
modern psychoanalytic theories with Freud and question his relevancy in psychological theory.

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Materials:
Computer
o Internet
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkin1FhojCo
ID,Ego,SuperEgo
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOoYX45G_0
Development of Ego and SuperEgo
Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjnHpf5jm60&list=PLQY_p
6HpcjSQD1EZb8FNFEc45bK6lYqrR
40 seconds, WWII affects Freud
o Power Point
Smartboard
Worksheets
o Guided video/discussion notes over Freud
o Primary source worksheets
Jung
Karen Horney
Primary Source Readings
o Jung
o Karen Horney
Procedures:
1. (Day Four: 10 minutes) Students will be introduced to psychoanalytic theory. Students
will be asked the following question and instructed to write their ideas on the board and
then have a short discussion on their ideas.
a. What do you know about Sigmund Freud?
2. (Day Four: 20 minutes) Students will be instructed to watch two video clips and take
guided notes using provided worksheet. Clips will be stopped for further explanation,
questions, and discussion at various points.
3. (Day Five: 10 minutes) Students will review Freuds theories through discussion. After
the review students will watch the first 40 seconds of the following video.
a. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjnHpf5jm60&list=PLQY_p6HpcjSQD1EZb
8FNFEc45bK6lYqrR
4. (Day Five: 10 minutes) Students will discuss the following:
a. From the video clip, how do you think the time period may have affected Freuds
research?
b. What about future research?
5. (Day Five: 15 minutes) Use previous discussion as transition into defense mechanisms.
6. (Day Five: 15 minutes) Context and definition of what Neo-Freudian means and
individual contributors such as Jung and Horney will be discussed with students.
a. What do you think Neo-Freudian means?
b. What do you really think about Freuds theories? Usefulness? Relevant?
7. (Day Six: 30 minutes) Primary Source. Students will be put in groups of 3-4 in order to
analyze one of two primary source articles. See assignment for details.

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Assessment
Formative
Going over what students think that they already know about Freud.
Discussion and/about answers from video clips.
Summative
Primary Source assignment.

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Name: _________________
Date: _________________
Sigmund Freud: ID, EGO, SUPEREGO
Video Clip Guided Notes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkin1FhojCo
1. What does Freud discover in regard to personality?
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2. What is ID?
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3. What is Ego?
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4. What is Super Ego?
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5. How do the three above compare and contrast?
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6. What does our personality boil down to according to Freud?
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7. Which two unconscious drives are in conflict? Why?
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8. Why is the ego so important? (Use principles from video clip and discussion)
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Sigmund Freud: Development of Ego and Super Ego
Video Clip Guided Notes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOoYX45G_0
9. What is the erogenous zone?
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10. What age is the oral stage?
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a. What behaviors provide pleasure?
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11. What age is the anal stage?
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a. Why is it called the anal stage?
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12. How do kids in the phallic stage feel about their parents?
a. Same Sex?
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b. Opposite Sex?
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c. Explain the Oedipus complex or Electra complex.
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13. What happens during the latency stage?
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14. What happens during the genital stage?
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15. What does fixation mean? What are some examples?
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Name: _____________________
Date: _____________________
Primary Source: Jung
1. When was it produced?
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2. What journal was it published in? Why might this be?
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3. Who was the intended audience?
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4. What is the motivation of Jungs article?
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5. What does Jung assert about personality?
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6. Draw a Van Diagram and compare and contrast the views of Freud and Jung.

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Name: _____________________
Date: _____________________
Primary Source: Karen Horney
1. When was it produced?
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2. Who was the intended audience?
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3. What is the motivation of Karen Horneys article?
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4. What does Karen Horney assert about personality?
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5. On the first page Karen Horney mentions Freud. Why do you think she provided reasoning
on the out datedness of his work? Why is this important? Do you agree? Why or Why not?
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