PSY 405 Week 1 Psychoanalytic Theory Outline and Summary

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Personality Theory

Levels of Mental Life

A.        Unconscious:

B.        Preconscious:

C.        Conscious:

Provinces of the Mind

A.        Id:

1.

2.

3.

B.        Ego:

1.

2.

3.

C.        Superego:

1.

2.

3.

Dynamics of Personality

A.        Drives:

1.         Libido:

2.         Sex:

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

3.         Aggression:

a.

b.

c.

B.        Anxiety:

1.

2.

3.

Defense Mechanisms

A.        Defense mechanisms:

B.        Repression:

1.

C.        Reaction formation:

1.

D.        Displacement:

1.

E.         Fixation:

1.

F.         Regression:

1.

G.        Projection:

1.

H.        Introjection:

1.

I.          Sublimation:

1.

Stages of Development

A.        Infantile period:

1.         oral phase:

2.         anal phase:

3.         phallic phase:

B.        Latency period:

C.        Genital period:

D.        Maturity:

Strengths and Limitations

A.        Strengths:

1.

2.

3.

B.        Limitations:

1.

2.

3.

Write a summary of how the components of the theory work together and how the elements of a useful theory apply to this theory.