1. Which part of the structure of personality does Hank display most according
to Freudian theory? Provide Evidence for your answer.
According to the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud's structure of personality, Hank
possesses a personality that has a close relation to Identity Structure. The sarcasm
Hank possesses causes him to be fixated at a point where he is aggressive. His
sarcasm also leads him to be orally sadistic. In most cases, people that are oral
aggressors are usually very argumentative and also very sadistic. These types of
people tend to have envy over other people. In a bid to dominate and manipulate
them, the efficiently use sarcasm as a tool of domination. The fixation that Hank has
is significant as a result of his upbringing by his mother during earlier years when he
was a child. Apparently, this led him to associate food with a feeling of pleasure.
2. At what stage is Hank fixated, according to the Freudian perspective? Find
evidence of fixation in the case. What would have caused the fixation?
Hank had an unusual eating behavior. He also had an additional argumentative
behavior. According to the Freudian theory, the two habits would be described as
internally motivated. To begin with, Hank is orally fixated; as a result his strange
behaviors have a direct connection to his locus of control. Hank’s strange behaviors
could also be connected to the strong belief that the events that take place in a
person’s life are as a result of factors that are controllable. As such, it can be assumed
that Hank’s fixation might have been caused by factors that are present in his life that
is controllable.
3. Define Regression and cite an example that demonstrates Hank’s regressive
behavior’ Define and cites an example of one other defense mechanism that
Hank uses.
to Freudian theory? Provide Evidence for your answer.
According to the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud's structure of personality, Hank
possesses a personality that has a close relation to Identity Structure. The sarcasm
Hank possesses causes him to be fixated at a point where he is aggressive. His
sarcasm also leads him to be orally sadistic. In most cases, people that are oral
aggressors are usually very argumentative and also very sadistic. These types of
people tend to have envy over other people. In a bid to dominate and manipulate
them, the efficiently use sarcasm as a tool of domination. The fixation that Hank has
is significant as a result of his upbringing by his mother during earlier years when he
was a child. Apparently, this led him to associate food with a feeling of pleasure.
2. At what stage is Hank fixated, according to the Freudian perspective? Find
evidence of fixation in the case. What would have caused the fixation?
Hank had an unusual eating behavior. He also had an additional argumentative
behavior. According to the Freudian theory, the two habits would be described as
internally motivated. To begin with, Hank is orally fixated; as a result his strange
behaviors have a direct connection to his locus of control. Hank’s strange behaviors
could also be connected to the strong belief that the events that take place in a
person’s life are as a result of factors that are controllable. As such, it can be assumed
that Hank’s fixation might have been caused by factors that are present in his life that
is controllable.
3. Define Regression and cite an example that demonstrates Hank’s regressive
behavior’ Define and cites an example of one other defense mechanism that
Hank uses.
