A PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCEPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL: AN INTEGRATION OF A THEORETICAL MODEL OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MODEL OF THE PERSONALITY.
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Title
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A PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCEPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL: AN INTEGRATION OF A THEORETICAL MODEL OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MODEL OF THE PERSONALITY.
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Identifier
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AAI8302540
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identifier
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8302540
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Creator
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RICH, JONATHAN EDWARD.
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Contributor
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Laurence Gould | Seymour S lo v ik
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Date
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1982
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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The attempt is made to clarify and integrate two postulates: (a) the individual "behaves" within the context of social systems in order to satisfy his biological and psychological needs, and (b) his personality is shaped and structured through this social system involvement. In light of this goal, the social system is described conceptually along with the manner by which the individual participates within it, and the process by which this participation is internalized within the individual's personality structure is elaborated on.;The psychoanalytic model of the personality is utilized and shown to be harmonious with the psychosocial perspective. In this perspective, the individual's personality is seen to be expressed through social participation that is simultaneously responsive to both his own needs as well as those of the other constituents of the social systems of which he is a member. The concept of give-and-take activity is introduced to refer to the interactive mode by which the individual gives and takes need satisfaction within these social systems. By satisfying some of the needs of his co-members, he helps to maintain these social systems on which both he and they are dependent.;The behavioral composite of the individual's give-and-take activity in a particular social system is defined as his role, and it is the interconnection (and interdependence) of each member's role that gives structure to the social system. Since the roles in a social system exist (behaviorally speaking) only in relation to each other, the individual's experience within a social system would thus include a sense of each member's role. The internalization of social system experience can therefore be said to involve interrelated self- and object-representations which collectively reflect the entire role structure of a social system. Each representation would represent a different member. Ultimately, the ego, id, and superego can be seen to evolve from and be continually structured by social system experience in the form of interrelated self- and object-representations. These representations serve to influence the perception of self and others within the context of ongoing psychosocial functioning.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
