Question

Which scenario below is most descriptive of the psychoanalytic theory of personality?
1) Name the right answer. 2) Explain why it is the right answer. 3) Explain why the other answerrs are the wrong answer.

A) Charlie is overly precise and methodical in everything he does, to the point that he is constantly annoying his family and missing deadlines at work. Dr. Katz believes that this is because Charlie never moved past the anal stage of development.

B) Miranda’s peers treat her like she is funny, so in turn she thinks she is funny and develops a lightheartedness to her personality.

C) Mahoni, who is president of a charitable nonprofit organization, is known for her positive contributions to global society and is said by many to have reached her ultimate potential as a person.

D) Kerry is very shy, and her therapist thinks this is because her parents punished her for trying new things as a child.

E) Dr. Kane believes that people have relatively stable personality traits throughout their lives.

Answer 1

Answer - Option A -

Charlie is overly precise and methodical in everything he does, to the point that he is constantly annoying his family and missing deadlines at work. Dr. Katz believes that this is because Charlie never moved past the anal stage of development.

Explanation :-

According to psychoanalytic theory of personality, Charlie is suffering from Id, ego and super ego stage as he is overly precise and methodical. Dr. Katz might be correct that Charlie might not gone through the stage of anal development. As it's 2ns stage of freud as the Charlie seems not to gone through the anal stage because he seems to be less interested in sexual activities.

Mahoni case doesn't depicts psychoanalytic scenario as she is doing something for social activities. Kerry also doesn't depicts psychoanalytic scenario as She getting punishment from parents which shows her parents are authoritative parents. And last, Dr. Kane belief is false as people may have stable as well as unstable traits through out their life's.

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