Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory: Id, Ego, Superego
Understanding Personality and Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
What Is Personality?
Personality refers to the unique and consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that characterize an individual. It shapes how people interact with the world and respond to different situations. Personality develops over time and is influenced by genetic, environmental, and social factors.
Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, proposed one of the earliest and
Read MoreEssential Research Methods for Data Collection
Core Research Methods and Techniques
The aim of research is to systematically discover and respond to the many questions that human beings pose. This document examines four essential data collection methods used across social sciences and psychology.
The Interview
The interview is a technique for research that serves as an essential tool for professional psychology. It involves formulating a set of questions orally to individuals for the purpose of obtaining information.
Features of the Interview
- Frequently
Cognitive Processes: Attention, Perception, and Memory Mechanisms
Attention and Its Determinants
Types of Attention
- Voluntary
- Involuntary
- Habitual
External Determinants
Intensity, size, contrast, motion, novelty, repetition, anatomy or shape.
Internal Determinants
States of the body (aches, effects of chemicals, emotional states, etc.), motivations, general habits, expectations.
Laws of Perception
The Laws of Perception, often associated with Gestalt theory, concern how we organize stimuli. This includes perceptual organization and the concept of figure-ground relationship.
Read MoreMemory Systems: Autobiographical, Implicit, and Explicit Functions
Autobiographical Memory
Autobiographical memory refers to the conscious and active remembering of events related to one’s own life and personal past.
Traditional Procedure: Galton (1883)
- Requires a keyword and date to prompt a personal experience related to that word.
- The quality of memory is assessed by its vividness and level of detail.
- Problem: This method is considered too open.
Modern Procedures
Questionnaires (e.g., Baddeley)
Ask for personal information and autobiographical incidents from different
Read MoreFoundations of Human Sexuality: Theology, Theory, and Biology
Christian Perspectives on Sexuality and Ethics
Hopes and Challenges in Tradition
Christians long to move from guilt to gratitude, receiving sexuality as a good gift grounded in creation and the Incarnation (our bodies aren’t barriers to grace); to live an incarnational faith that meets God through embodied life; and to join pleasure with commitment, where mutual delight, fidelity, and fruitfulness mature love within the community’s lived wisdom.
Challenges in Tradition
- The heritage is mixed: Genesis
Mastering Emotional Intelligence for Project Success
Day 1: Project Management Fundamentals
Typical Project Processes
- Initialize
- Plan & Schedule
- Execute
- Monitor
- Close
PM vs. The Plate Spinner
Project Managers get work done through the efforts and coordinated contributions of many other people. Unlike inanimate plates, people have:
- Feelings and emotions
- Other commitments and priorities
- Politics and varied personalities
- Varied communication modes and skills
- History and biases
- Forgetfulness
- Minds they might change
- Hidden agendas
- A need to feel respected
- Lives outside