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Akanksha Gupta

Exam Roll No.23434PSY002

by Akanksha Gupta
SIGMUND FREUD
THEORY OF
PERSONALITY
Sigmund Freud (8 May 1856 )is the father of modern Psychology which
analyse the human mind and claim that the unconscious mind controlled
a conscious mind.
SIgmund Freud also known as the
founder psychoanalytic theory fraud
had developed his psychoanalysis
method from his friend Josef Breur
SIgmund Freud also known as the founder psychoanalytic theory fraud had developed his
psychoanalysis method from his friend Josef Breur. After nearly 40 years of his clinical experience he
developed his science and profounded what is called psychoanalytic theory. His psychoanalysis first
force of psychology that is commonly known or popular in layman people.

Psychoanalytic help us to understand personality and personality development of the person and
psychology is a clinical method to treat psychopathology.

Psychoanalytic theory divided into four parts:

1. Organisation of personality
2. Structure of personality

3. Dynamics of personality
4. Development of personality
Organization of Personality
Freud delineated the mind in distinct levels, each with their own roles and function. Three levels of the
mind are:

The Conscious Mind - Contains all of the thoughts, memories, feelings, and wishes which we are
aware of at any given moment. This is the aspect of mental processing that we can think and talk
about rationally.

The Subconscious Mind - The latent part of the brain that is readily available to the Conscious mind
and not currently in use. The Preconscious refers to those facts which are not currently Conscious
but which exist in latency and can be recalled easily.

The Unconscious Mind - Is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside
of our Conscious awareness. The unconscious contents that are unacceptable or unpleasant, such
as feelings of pain, anxiety or conflict.
Development of
Personality
Freud proposed that personality develops through a series of
psychosexual stages, each with its own unique challenges and
developmental tasks. The successful navigation of these stages is crucial
for the formation of a healthy, well-adjusted personality.
Dynamic or Structure Modal of
Personality
Freud suggested that personality consist largely
of three parts. This correspond roughly to desire,
reason and conscience.

1. ID
The id consist of all our primitive, innate urges.
This includes various bodily needs sexual desire
and aggressive impuslses. According to Freud
the id is totally unconscious and operates in
accordance with what he term the pleasure
principal.

It demand immediate, total gratification and is

not capable of considering the potential cost of
seeking this goal.
Ego and Superego
The ego task is to hold the id in check until conditions allow for
satisfaction of its impulses. Thus, the ego operates in accordance with the
reality principle. It takes into account external conditions and
consequences of various actions, and directs behavior so as to maximize
pleasure and minimize pain.

The superego is the final aspect of personality. Its role is to control the
satisfaction of impulses, but in contrast to the ego, it is concerned with
morality - whether various ways that could satisfy the id's impulses are
right or wrong. The superego permits us to gratify such impulses only
when it is morally correct to do so, not simply when it is safe or feasible as
determined by the ego.
Dynamics of personality
1. Instinct - According to Freud it is innate bodily excitation that motivate
human behaviour and play significant role in shaping personality and
psychological development.

2. Anxiety - Freud proposed three types of anxiety: realistic anxiety,

neurotic anxiety, and moral anxiety.

3. Mental Mechanisms - Freud identified various mental mechanisms

that the ego uses to defend against anxiety, such as repression,
sublimation, and projection.
Life instinct (EROS)
Eros represent the innate drive toward the self preservation survival and
continuation of life. Eros in compasses both a libido which the sexual
energy or livido that drive human behaviour and the broader drive for
pleasure and gratification in all aspect of life.

According to Freud Eros motivate behaviour such a seeking to food water

shelter and satisfaction as well as forming social bond and connection
with other.
According to Freud and
anxiety
According to Freud and anxiety is effective and unpleasant state which
alert from impending danger of ago through this person behave with
adaptive it what their environment. Freud view anxiety is a unavoidable
aspect of human existence stemming from conflict within the psyche
particularly conflict between unconscious and the ego attempt to control
them.

1. Realistic anxiety
2. Neurotic anxiety
3. Moral anxiety