Personality Theories: Journeys into Self : An Experiential Workbook

by Frick, Willard B.

• ISBN13: 9780807730881
• ISBN10: 0807730882
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-04-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

The author has revised this popular experiential workbook by adding Carl Jung and Karen Horney to his cast of major personality theorists - Freud, Adler, Erikson, Bandura, Allport, Maslow and Rogers - who provide the context within which students explore aspects of their own private experience. In a focused and disciplined way, through carefully developed exercises, projects, and group activities, students are given the means to relate abstract theories and concepts to their own personality development and experience. The exercises have been devised to attract students' thoughtful attention. Many of them deal with private aspects of students' lives and are designed to be completed individually out of the classroom and reviewed by the instructor alone. There are also some classroom exercises that involve working with peers in small-group discussions. These latter activities draw upon those personal experiences that most students are enthusiastic about sharing.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
Notes to the Student	ix
Notes to the Instructor	x
Unit One. Childhood Recollections and Experiences	1	(7)
Family Photographs	1	(2)
Drawing Your House Plan	3	(3)
Sharing Memories: The Guided Tour	6	(1)
Family Mealtime: Togetherness and Conflict	6	(1)
Summary Exercise	7	(1)
Unit Two. Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalytic Theory	8	(13)
Dreamwork	9	(3)
Anxiety	12	(2)
Ego-Defense Mechanisms	14	(2)
Free Association and Resistance	16	(1)
Transference	17	(3)
Summary Exercise	20	(1)
Unit Three. Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology	21	(16)
Early Recollections	22	(3)
Inferiority Feelings	25	(2)
Birth Order and Personality Development	27	(1)
Fictional Final Goal	28	(3)
Style of Life	31	(2)
Social Interest	33	(3)
Summary Exercise	36	(1)
Unit Four. Carl Jung and Analytical Psychology	37	(11)
The Collective Unconscious---The Archetypes	37	(5)
The Structure of Consciousness---The Basic Attitudes of Extraversion and Introversion	42	(2)
The Four Functions of Consciousness---Thinking, Feeling, Sensing, and Intuiting	44	(2)
Summary Exercise	46	(2)
Unit Five. Karen Horney and Psychoanalytical Social Theory	48	(13)
Moving Toward Others, Moving Against Others, Moving Away From Others	49	(2)
Preconditions for Decision Making	51	(3)
The Tyranny of the Should	54	(2)
Cultural Influences on Personality	56	(1)
Masculine and Feminine Psychology	57	(3)
Summary Exercise	60	(1)
Unit Six. Erik Erikson and Psychosocial Theory	61	(11)
The First Three Psychosocial Stages	61	(1)
Psychosocial Stage Four: Industry versus Inferiority	62	(2)
Psychosocial Stage Five: Adolescence---Ego Identity versus Role Confusion	64	(3)
Psychosocial Stage Six: Young Adulthood---Intimacy versus Isolation	67	(2)
Psychosocial Stage Seven: Middle Adulthood---Generativity versus Stagnation	69	(1)
Psychosocial Stage Eight: Old Age---Integrity versus Despair	70	(1)
Summary Exercise	71	(1)
Unit Seven: Albert Bandura and Social Learning Theory	72	(11)
Learning Through Observation and Modeling	72	(3)
Self-Reinforcement	75	(1)
Self-Management: Controlling Your Own Behavior	76	(5)
Perceived Self-Efficacy	81	(1)
Summary Exercise	82	(1)
Unit Eight: Gordon Allport and Trait Theory	83	(11)
Trait Theory	84	(2)
Functional Autonomy of Motives	86	(1)
Expressive Movement and Behavior	87	(2)
Healthy Personality	89	(4)
Summary Exercise	93	(1)
Unit Nine: Abraham Maslow and Self-Actualization Theory	94	(11)
Deficiency and Growth Motives	94	(2)
Safety versus Growth	96	(2)
Self-Actualization	98	(3)
D-Love and B-Love	101	(2)
Peak Experiences	103	(1)
Summary Exercise	104	(1)
Unit Ten: Carl Rogers and Self-Theory	105	(16)
Congruence, Empathic Understanding, and Unconditional Positive Regard	105	(1)
The Therapeutic Relationship	106	(3)
Conditions of Worth	109	(4)
Trusting Your Own Experience	113	(1)
Active Listening and Empathic Understanding	114	(3)
Summary Exercise	117	(4)
Appendix A. Maslow's D-Love and B-Love	121	(1)
Appendix B. Rogers and Client-Centered Psychotherapy	122	(1)
Appendix C. Rogers and Empathic Understanding	123	(2)
References	125	(1)
About the Author	126