Psychoanalytic approaches to personality: Modern |  |
Learning ObjectivesUpon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
| Identify and discuss five key postulates of contemporary psychoanalysis, according to Westen. |
| Be familiar with the arguments and outcome of the legal case of Holly Ramona. |
| Discuss the factors that might influence people to have false memories. |
| Discuss theory and research on the spreading activation model of memory and how this work is relevant to false memories. |
| Compare and contrast the contemporary view of the cognitive unconscious with Freud's view of the motivated unconscious. |
| Discuss recent theory and research on subliminal perception. |
| Discuss the defining features of Ego Psychology. |
| Compare and contrast Erikson's eight stages of development with Freud's five-stage theory of development. |
| Discuss each of Erikson's eight stages of personality development, identifying the key challenge the individual confronts at each stage. |
| Discuss the work of Karen Horney, including her revision of "penis envy," and her ideas about the influence of culture on personality development. |
| Discuss the role of "self" in contemporary ego psychology. |
| Discuss narcissism as a disorder of the self, and define the narcissistic paradox. |
| Discuss the key features of object relations theory. |
| Discuss the theory and research on early childhood attachment; define attachment, separation anxiety, the strange situation, procedure, and the three attachment styles (secure, avoidant, ambivalent). |
| Discuss recent theory and research on the role of attachment styles in adult romantic relationships. |
| Discuss recent theory and empirical research on the effects of parental divorce on children. |
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