Personality Theories in the Psychodynamic Tradition

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read chapters 1 through 6 of the textbook and the required articles listed with the theorist assigned to you for the discussion.  For your initial post, you will examine the contributions of a theorist who was instrumental in developing the psychoanalytic theoretical approach based on the first letter of your last name. Please see below for your assigned theorist.

Freudians (Sigmund Freud): last names beginning with A through C:

Hoffman, L.  (2010). One hundred years after Sigmund Freud’s lectures in America: towards and integration of psychoanalytic theories and techniques within psychiatry.  History of Psychiatry, 21(4), 455-470.  doi: 10.1177/0957154X09338081 retrieved from the Sage Journals database. 

• The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the Sage Journal database in the Ashford University Library.

Szaluta, J. (2014). Sigmund Freud's literary ego ideals. Journal of Psychohistory, 41(4), 283-300. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.