Use at least 10 topics from Chapter 8 to “Psychoanalyze” a main character
from one of my favorite movies: Monsoon Wedding, A Man Called Otto,
Good Will Hunting, The Mule, Twins, The Harder They Come, Mystic River,
Vicky Cristina Barcelona. 3 to 5 pages
Movie: A Man Called Otto
SUMMARY of Chapter 8 (The Psychoanalytical Perspective): Freud’s topographical model assumes three regions of mind: the conscious, the preconscious (ordinary memory), and the unconscious (a part of mind that isn’t accessible to consciousness). The unconscious holds threatening or unacceptable ideas and urges.
Freud’s structural model assumes three facets of personality. The id (the original part) is the source of all energy. It follows the pleasure principle (that all needs should be immediately gratified), exists only in the unconscious, and uses primary process thinking (primitive and separate from reality). The ego eventually develops because the id ignores the demands of the external world, and those demands cannot be ignored. The ego follows the reality principle (that behavior must take into account external reality), operates in all three regions of the mind, and tries to see that the id’s impulses are gratified in a realistic way. The ego uses secondary process (reality-based) thought. The third facet, the superego, is a representation of the rules by which parents reward and punish the child. It has two parts: Ego ideal is standards of moral perfection, and conscience is a representation of the behaviors that are considered bad. Both function in all three regions of the mind. Once the superego develops, the ego must mediate among the id, superego, and reality.
Id impulses form two categories: Life instincts aim for self-preservation and sexual pleasure. Death instincts are self-destructive and may turn outward as aggression.
Textbook:
Perspectives on Personality
Eighth Edition
Charles S. Carver
University of Miami
Michael F. Scheier
Carnegie Mellon University
