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She was known by her theory of Feminine Psychology Disturbed human relationships cause Neurosis; fundamentally found in the relationship between parent and child. Safety and Security basic needs of childhood.
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The ego is energized by a basic anxiety due to feeling abandoned and helpless In response, the ego develops coping strategies everyone uses them but if used to o much o r too rigidly becomes a Neurotic Need
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Behaviors of parents (basic evils) which undermine the childs security: 1. indifference toward the child 2. rejection of the child 3. hostility toward the child 4. Obvious preference for a sibling 5. unfair punishment 6. ridiculing the child 7. humiliating the child 8. erratic behavior 9. unkept promise 10. isolation of child from others
Principles:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Optimism-positivism Society-Culture Characteristic-Structure Self-concept Self Analysis Complimentation-Conflict
Adjustments:
A. Primary adjustment techniques: 1. moving toward people - Need protection, affection, approval 2. moving against people- Need power, superiority, dominance 3. moving away from people- Need to be independent, unassailable, invisible
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B. Secondary adjustment techniques: 1. blind spots denying or ignoring certain aspects of an experience 2. Compartmentalization behaving according to role. 3. Rationalization giving reasons or excuse to a conduct 4. Excessive control limiting self-expression 5. Externalization (projection) never accepting a responsibility 6. Arbitrary rightness taking a position as right, truth, final 7. Elusiveness never making a decision about anything 8. Cynicism not believing in anything
2 types of self: Real self- things that are true about one self at any particular time. Ideal self- ones concept of what one should become or would like to become. Tyranny of the Should
Character Types:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Receptive type masochistic behavior patterns: passive, lacks character, submissive, coward, enjoys receiving gratis et amore. Exploitative type sadistic behavior patterns: aggressive, conceited, arrogant, finds value in how others value. Hoarding type collecting, keeping behavior patterns: stingy, possessive, stubborn, values physical wealth. Marketing type commodity behavior patterns: lack of principle, aimlessness, opportunist, keeps up with the Joneses. Productive type the ideal character type: comprehends the world thru love* and thinking: Openminded, loyal, flexible.
Development of personality stems from the Type of Child-Parent relationship: Symbiotic relatedness failure to attain independence; signifies immaturity and pseudo forms of love. Withdrawal destructiveness negative relatedness; distance and indifferences
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Genuine productive love: Care active concern for the life and growth of the loved person. Responsibility ability and readiness to respond to the needs expressed/unexpressed of the person who is loved. Respect ability to see and accept the other person as he/she as a unique individual. Knowledge the experience of union with another person with full awareness of the total being of his/her loved one.
Stages of Personality:
1. Childhood, Adolescence, Young adulthood 2. Middle years, senescence (Final era)
Complex an enduring integrate (derived from any of the stages enjoyed) that determines unconsciously the course of the later development.
Types of Complexes:
1. Claustral complex represents the residuals of the uterine or prenatal experiences of the individual. a) simple claustral complex- revolves around the wish to reinstate the conditions similar to those prevailing before birth. b) fear of insupport complex- centers around the anxiety of insupport and helplessness. c) aggression complex- anxiously directed against suffocation and confinement.
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2. Oral complexes represents derivatives of early feeding experiences. a) oral succorance complex involves oral activity in combination w/ passive & dependent tendencies. b) oral aggression complex combines oral activity w/ aggression manifested in: oral automatism, biting, cathexis for solid oral objects (meat, bones), strong aggressive needs, ambivalence toward authority figures, projection of oral aggression, need for harm avoidance, phobia for biting objects, stuttering. c) oral rejection complex involves spitting out and disgust over oral activities and objects.
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3. Anal complexes derived from events associated with the act of defecating and bowel training. a) anal rejection complex- includes: diarrhea, cathexis for feces, need for aggression(dirtying,smearing), need for autonomy, anal sexuality. b) anal retention complex cathexis for feces is concealed behind apparent, disgust, prudishness and negative rxn to defecation.
Press environmental forces, an instigating situation, that interact with needs and determine behavior. Types: 1. Alpha press environmental objects as they exist in reality or as objective inquiry discloses. 2. Beta press environmental objects are perceived and interpreted by the individual.
Tension reduction arousal and satisfaction of a need. Thema an interactive behavioral unit; the interaction between press and the need operating.
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Three styles of compensating for inferiority overcompensate (superiority complex) dominate and aggress against others give up (inferiority complex) withdraw from or depend on others strive for superiority in meaningful, prosocial ways achieve in love and work Entrance Gates to Mental Life (lifestyle and ones approach to problem- solving).
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Younger children more aggressive, ambitious, sociable, spoiled, dependent, and easily loses courage to succeed by his/her own effort. While ambitious, the most ambitious of all are the lazy type ( a sign of ambition joined w/ discouragement) the ambition is so high that the individual sees no hope of realizing it. Only Child tends to be more like the Older child; is never dethroned; often very sweet and affectionate but experiences shock when he/she cannot remain the center of attention. (e.g., when in school)
A. Dynamism smallet unit in the study of an individual; an enduring behavioral pattern which characterizes the individual in the duration of his/her lifetime.
A dynamism serve the purpose of sastifying ones basic needs. Self-system the guardian of ones security; results from and to avoid anxiety.
Structure of Personality:
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B. Personification the image that one has of him/herself or of another person; a complex web of feelings, attitudes, and conceptions that grow out of experiences with need-satisfaction and anxiety. Stereotype personification that is hared by a number of people; a validated concept of idea that is widely accepted by members of society and handed down from generation to generation.
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1. Proto-taxic streams of consciousness, raw sensations, images, and feelings that flow through the mind of a sedate being. 2. Parataxic seeing causal relationships or connections between 2 events that occur at about the same time but which are not logically related. 3. Syntaxic consensually validated symbol activity especially of a verbal nature; enable people to communicate with each other.
Experiences:
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C. Cognitive mans foresight the man, the person, lives with his past, present, and the neighboring future all explains his thoughts and actions.
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