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Psychological Perspective of The Self
Psychological Perspective of The Self
Birth–1
Mouth is the primary erogenous zone;
pleasure derived from sucking: id is
dominant.
Anal
1–3
Toilet training (external reality) interferes
with gratification received from
defecation.
Phallic
4–5
Incestuous fantasies; Oedipus complex;
anxiety; superego development.
Latency
5–Puberty
Period of sublimation of sex instinct.
Genital
Adolescence–Adulthood
Development of sex-role identity and
adult social relationships
Carl Jung reveals that these opinions were not thought
out, but existed readymade.
Archetypes
If a woman is dominated by her animus, no
are the universal models after which logical or emotional appeal can shake her
roles are patterned. from her prefabricated beliefs (Jung,
represents the hidden personalities of 1951/1959a).
the psyche, or total personality.
Like the anima, the animus appears in
are ancient or archaic images that
dreams, visions, and fantasies in a personified
derive from the collective unconscious.
form.
PERSONA
Albert Bandura
It refers to the social roles that individual
present to others. The side of personality THE SELF AS PROACTIVE AND AGENTIC
that people show to the world is
Agency
designated as the persona. The term is
well chosen because it refers to the embodies the endowments, belief
mask worn by actors in the early theater systems, self-regulatory capabilities, and
distributed structures and function
SHADOW
through which personal influence is
It refers to the repressed thoughts that exercised, rather than reside as discrete
are socially unacceptable. This is often entity.
considered as the dark side of the
Main Features of Human Agency
psyche.
Intentionality
ANIMA
Forethought
It is the feminine side of the male Self Reactiveness
psyche. Self reflectiveness
ANIMUS Winicott
It is the masculine side of the female
TRUE AND FALSE SELF
psyche.
The purpose of the False self id to
SELF
protect the TRUE SELF
It is the central archetype that unites all
parts of the psyche William James
Jung believed that the animus is responsible THE ME-SELF and the I-SELF
for thinking and opinion in women just as the He believes that people have different
anima produces feelings and moods in men. social selves depending on the context
The animus is also the explanation for the of a social situation.
irrational thinking and illogical opinions often He believed that the path to
attributed to women. understanding the spiritual self is
through introspection
Many opinions held by women are objectively
valid, but according to Jung, close analysis
I-Self
Carl Rogers
SELF THEORY: REAL AND IDEAL SELF