11.3 Neo-Freudians Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney — Society, Culture, and Growth | Psychology 2e
After this lesson you will be able to…
- Understand how Neo-Freudians expanded psychoanalysis beyond Freud's biological determinism.
- Learn Alfred Adler's theory that personality is driven by overcoming feelings of inferiority.
- Explore Adler's three social tasks and his theory on how birth order shapes personality.
- Understand Erik Erikson's theory that personality develops across the entire lifespan.
- Identify the first three psychosocial stages: Trust, Autonomy, and Initiative.
- Understand Erikson's Industry vs. Inferiority and Identity vs. Confusion stages.
- Learn Erikson's final three stages: Intimacy, Generativity, and Integrity.
- Discover Carl Jung's analytical psychology and his focus on integrating conscious and unconscious thought.
- Understand Jung's concept of a universal, inherited collective unconscious and its archetypes.
- Learn Jung's original definitions of introversion and extroversion as psychic energy systems.
- Define Jung's concept of the persona as the conscious social mask we wear to meet societal expectations.
- Understand Karen Horney's focus on cultural pressures and her critique of Freud's biological determinism.
- Identify Horney's three coping styles for basic anxiety: moving toward, against, or away from people.
- Distinguish between normal, flexible use of coping styles and neurotic, compulsive application.
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Quiz: Neo-Freudian Theories of Personality
FundamentalsAnswer each question based only on what was covered in the video lesson. No outside knowledge is needed — every answer can be found in the presentation.
Practice: Neo-Freudian Theories of Personality
PracticeAnswer each question using what you learned from the video lesson. Questions progress from recall to application — read each one carefully before answering.