Sullivan Flashcards
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Harry Stack Sullivan’s theory
Interpersonal Theory
Sullivan is considered as the father of _____
interpersonal psychiatry
focus of interpersonal theory
formative period of development from infancy to later life
“All human beings are the ____ of the interpersonal contacts he makes through life”
product
part of life and has good and bad effects
tension
used to adapt to tensions
- self-system
- personification
- cognitive experiences
pure entity, “an illusion” which cannot be observed or studied apart from interpersonal situations and is not the person
personality
product of interpersonal relations being transmitted originally from the mother to the infant and later in life, by threats to one’s security
anxiety
fear of rejection by significant persons
basic anxiety
3 types of self
- good me
- bad me
- not me
results to conformity to the society’s norms to avoid punishment or rejection from interpersonal relationships
good me
develops in response to negative feedback with feelings of discomfort, displeasure, and distress
bad me
aspects of self that are so anxiety-provoking that the person does not consider them as a part of the person
not me
represents what people don’t like abt themselves and are not willing to share, and create anxiety
bad me
primarily unconscious, unknown and repressed
not me
represents what people like about themselves and is willing to share with others
good me
two basic needs
- satisfaction
- security
satisfaction refers to:
- sleep
- hunger
- sex
conforming to social norms of the person’s reference group
security
3 structures of personality
- dynamism
- personification
- cognitive
smallest unit that is employed in the study of individual
dynamism
protective measures to sanction certain forms of behaviors (good me) and forbid other forms (bad me)
self-system
image that an individual has of himself
personification
threefold modes of experiences in personification:
- prototaxic experience
- parataxic experience
- syntaxic exxperience
