Segmund Freud's Psychoanalytical Theory of Personality (Handouts)

1. Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytical Theory of Personality
Sigmund Freud – Father of psychoanalysis
Personality – somebody’s set of characteristics
3 Levels of Consciousness
 Conscious Mind – current state of awareness
 Preconscious Mind–includes all information that you are
not currently aware of but can be recalled.
 Unconscious Mind –The unconscious mind exists outside
of awareness at all times
3 Parts of Personality
 ID –operates according to pleasure principle
 Ego – operates according to reality principle
 Super Ego– pushes you to obtain the ego ideal
Defence Mechanisms
 Repression – It keeps anxiety-producing thoughts out of
the conscious mind
 Denial – Denial involves blocking external events from
awareness/consciousness
 Projection– Blaming others of his own mistakes
 Displacement - An individual does something as a
substitute of something else.
 Regression - It is the movement back in psychological
time when one is faced with stress.
 Sublimation - The same as displacement but it’shealthier.
 Reaction Formation - It replace an unacceptable wish
with its opposite.
 Rationalization - Justifying failure by giving some excuses.
5 Stages of Personality Development
1. Oral Stage (1 y.o)
- Sexual pleasure is on the mouth
2. Anal Stage (1-3 y.o)
- Pleasure site changes from mouth to the anal
region
3. Phallic Stage(3-6 y.o.)
- Pleasure site changes from anal region to the
genitals
4. Latency Stage (6-12 y.o.)
- Child socializes and turns its attention outward
and forms relationship with others.
5. Genital Stage (12-18 y.o.)
- Interested on sexual intercourse.