Post by ambercyw on Nov 24, 2017 19:21:58 GMT
Phenomenon: I really hate it when my girlfriend talks to other guys and then I lash out and say really awful things to her
Trait approaches:
- Trait theorists would describe this person as violent, jealous, unstable, irrational, angry
- Eysenck, in particular, would classify this person as high on neuroticism and psychoticism
- An assessment from the perspective of the Big Five factors would classify this person as high on neuroticism and low on agreeableness
- Since traits are assumed to be due to biological function and thus, genetically determined, a trait theorist would say that nothing much can be done to change the phenomenon
- The individual is predisposed to react this way
Psychoanalytic approach - Freud:
- Freud would say that this individual's actions are driven by unconscious forces
- This person is not able to repress their anger; their ego fails to control the id
- The person's superego, their moral conscience, has not fully developed to repress the individual's anger and aggression so it manifests itself outwards
- Freud would say that the individual must learn to repress their feelings to act in a civilized manner; even if he feels angry he should not act this way
Psychoanalytic approach - Object relations theories
- Klein describes the term "projective identification" whereby the individual projects their feelings onto others and makes them experience their anger; this is what is occurring in this situation
- This originated in the individual's relationship with their mother where they would wordlessly communicate with their mother as infants to make her feel what they feel
- Klein believes that psychological change can only occur when the individual recognizes his own behaviour; this requires therapy
- The individual will use transference to the therapist
Trait approaches:
- Trait theorists would describe this person as violent, jealous, unstable, irrational, angry
- Eysenck, in particular, would classify this person as high on neuroticism and psychoticism
- An assessment from the perspective of the Big Five factors would classify this person as high on neuroticism and low on agreeableness
- Since traits are assumed to be due to biological function and thus, genetically determined, a trait theorist would say that nothing much can be done to change the phenomenon
- The individual is predisposed to react this way
Psychoanalytic approach - Freud:
- Freud would say that this individual's actions are driven by unconscious forces
- This person is not able to repress their anger; their ego fails to control the id
- The person's superego, their moral conscience, has not fully developed to repress the individual's anger and aggression so it manifests itself outwards
- Freud would say that the individual must learn to repress their feelings to act in a civilized manner; even if he feels angry he should not act this way
Psychoanalytic approach - Object relations theories
- Klein describes the term "projective identification" whereby the individual projects their feelings onto others and makes them experience their anger; this is what is occurring in this situation
- This originated in the individual's relationship with their mother where they would wordlessly communicate with their mother as infants to make her feel what they feel
- Klein believes that psychological change can only occur when the individual recognizes his own behaviour; this requires therapy
- The individual will use transference to the therapist