WGU D564 Theories of Personality Section 1 and 2
• Autonomy vs. shame/doubt: Stage 2. Ages 1-3. Sense of independence inmany tasks
develops
• Initiative vs. guilt: Stage 3. Ages 3-6. Take initiative on some activities, maydevelop guilt
when success not met or boundaries overstepped
• Industry vs. inferiority: Stage 4. Ages 7-11. Develop self-confidence in abilitieswhen
competent or sense of inferiority when not
• Identity vs. confusion: Stage 5. Ages 12-18. Experiment with and developidentity and
roles
• Intimacy vs. isolation: Stage 6. Ages 19-29. Establish intimacy and relation-ships with
others
• Generativity vs. stagnation: Stage 7. Ages 30-64. Contribute to society and bepart of a
family
• Integrity vs. despair: Stage 8. Ages 65+. Assess and make sense of life andmeaning of
contributions
• Karen Horney and Object Relations Theory: A psychoanalytic approachbased on Freud's
notion that mothers and other persons serve as the "objects"through which drives can be
satisfied, influencing personality development
• What does Horney believe about anxiety?: Fundamental emotions of child-hood resulting
from needs not being met, such as childhood experiences of loneli-ness and isolation
• Horney's 3 coping styles: Moving toward people: a coping style that relies onaffiliation
and dependence, where individuals seek attention and affection as a relieffrom anxiety. Moving
against people: a coping style that involves aggression and assertiveness in response to
childhood experiences of an unhappy home situation.Moving away from people: a coping style
characterized by detachment and isolationin adulthood
• Levels of Consciousness: conscious, preconscious, unconscious
• Stages of Psychosexual Development: 1. Oral Stage
2. Anal Stage
3. Phallic Stage
4. Latency Stage
5. Genital Stage
• What is Classical Psychoanalysis?: Unconsciously used by the individual todeal with
conflict. They are denial, displacement, projection, rationalization, reactionformation,
repression, and sublimation.
• Autonomy vs. shame/doubt: Stage 2. Ages 1-3. Sense of independence inmany tasks
develops
• Initiative vs. guilt: Stage 3. Ages 3-6. Take initiative on some activities, maydevelop guilt
when success not met or boundaries overstepped
• Industry vs. inferiority: Stage 4. Ages 7-11. Develop self-confidence in abilitieswhen
competent or sense of inferiority when not
• Identity vs. confusion: Stage 5. Ages 12-18. Experiment with and developidentity and
roles
• Intimacy vs. isolation: Stage 6. Ages 19-29. Establish intimacy and relation-ships with
others
• Generativity vs. stagnation: Stage 7. Ages 30-64. Contribute to society and bepart of a
family
• Integrity vs. despair: Stage 8. Ages 65+. Assess and make sense of life andmeaning of
contributions
• Karen Horney and Object Relations Theory: A psychoanalytic approachbased on Freud's
notion that mothers and other persons serve as the "objects"through which drives can be
satisfied, influencing personality development
• What does Horney believe about anxiety?: Fundamental emotions of child-hood resulting
from needs not being met, such as childhood experiences of loneli-ness and isolation
• Horney's 3 coping styles: Moving toward people: a coping style that relies onaffiliation
and dependence, where individuals seek attention and affection as a relieffrom anxiety. Moving
against people: a coping style that involves aggression and assertiveness in response to
childhood experiences of an unhappy home situation.Moving away from people: a coping style
characterized by detachment and isolationin adulthood
• Levels of Consciousness: conscious, preconscious, unconscious
• Stages of Psychosexual Development: 1. Oral Stage
2. Anal Stage
3. Phallic Stage
4. Latency Stage
5. Genital Stage
• What is Classical Psychoanalysis?: Unconsciously used by the individual todeal with
conflict. They are denial, displacement, projection, rationalization, reactionformation,
repression, and sublimation.
