Psychoanalytical and Trait Approach Psy/250

Psychoanalytical and Trait Approach

PSY/250

The purpose of this paper is to identify two behaviors that researchers classify as psychoanalysis and trait personality approach to behavior. While the Freud’s model of psychoanalysis is argued as not being accurate traits that one learns as they grow older seems to be a more credible theory. One of the Freudian theories rejects that our personalities as we have entered into adulthood had been formed by the time we were merely six years old. This is a tough concept to swallow being the father of a six year old.

Take for instance post traumatic disorder. This is a valid psychoanalytical behavior response to something very tragic that has happened in one’s life. The problem here is obviously this behavior modification is post six years old this also may be similar to a trait behavior someone has had since they were a child. Determining the root cause of the behavior is essential for classification and for treatment. Individuals that have traits that are similar to the post traumatic disorder are not always affected negatively either, this type of trait behavior may prove to be beneficial for football players, wrestlers, firemen and other occupations that require an aggressive personality.

The oral stage is the first phase of psychosexual development (Berk, 2003). During this stage, infants between 0 to 1 year of age seek oral gratification through contact with the mother's breast or bottle. Following the oral stage is the anal stage, which is between 1 to 3 years of age. During this phase children seek to gain control over their bodily functions from which Freud believed they derived sexual pleasure. The next stage of development was the phallic stage. Children in this stage are between 3 to 6 years of age and must learn to control the impulse to gain pleasure through genital stimulation. It is during this phase that the emergence of the Oedipal and Electra conflicts arises in children. Between 6-11 years...