What will be discussed in this analysis is the life of Mother Teresa and factors in her life such as those discussed in the biography, which led her into doing what she did, being the humanitarian she was, and the way she gave back to the world. This will be done through applying various theories such as, the human scale development theory developed by Max-Neef and the psychodynamic theory according to Freud to these specific events and to specific quotations of hers. The use of her quotations will allow her to speak for herself thereby further emphasizing her beliefs and the readers understanding. In addition, the ego-defence mechanisms that she used to inspire herself and those around to understand what is important in life, the need to be …show more content…
The axiological needs which are subsistence, protection, affection, understanding, participation, idleness and creation are each described in accordance to the existential needs which are; being, having, doing and interacting. She grasps the concepts between needs and satisfiers and is able to not only satisfy her own needs, but to help others satisfy theirs. What differs between individuals and different time periods are the way in which these needs are met, through various satisfiers, which Mother Teresa was able to adapt to in order to aid other individuals satisfy their needs. Poverties refer to the inability to meet a specific need. The interaction between needs and satisfiers form the basis of this interrelated and interactive system which can be linked to the development of the …show more content…
This passing was said to have been a result of food poisoning which occurred after a meeting with a few of his business colleagues. Like any human being who has experienced the death of a loved one, Agnes initially went through a state of denial, which is an ego defence mechanism, to alleviate the pain of this event. According to Freud, the ego is driven by a balance between the id and the superego, the id operates at an unconscious level and consists of memories, fears, selfish needs, unacceptable desires and immoral urges, while the superego represents reality, societal beliefs and ethics and principles held by the individual. These are the forces which influence our behaviour. In order to maintain this balance, the ego unconsciously wards off any unpleasant feelings and undesirable thoughts by employing various defence mechanisms to chase these away from the conscience mind. These mechanisms may either be helpful or harmful to the individual but are not under conscience
Introduction The topic of this paper will be the book “ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”. This paper will talk about five main points of the book that I thought were the biggest and most important parts of the book. Growing up As Henrietta was growing up, she lived with her grandfather and other cousins.
The mind is, with some significant exceptions, intrinsically adaptive, oriented toward overcoming rather than succumbing to the adverse events in life…. At one level, it constructs beneficent interpretations of threatening events that raise self-esteem and promote motivation; yet another level it recognizes the threat or challenge that is posed by the
The first thing that I believe should be brought up when doing a character analysis on Mother Teresa is the darkness inside her. I think this should be talked about first because it is the most unusual of all her characteristics and one that is not experienced in the way she experienced it. Page 3 also claims this as a huge part of her life saying, “The darkness would become the greatest trial of her own life, and a fundamental part of her mission.” The darkness, though, was not just human depression and sadness as we would typically think about depression and sadness. No, Mother Teresa’s was an extraordinary experience.
It is integral that we do not place unnecessary inhibitions
August 4th, 1892, around noon Andrew Borden was found in the parlor of his home, followed by the finding of his wife’s body in an upstairs bedroom. Who did it? Several theories have been given as the causes of this murder. Lizzie Borden, was accused of this crime, but the question is was she really the murderer? The theories have emerged which could explain the causes of Andrew and Abby Borden’s death.
You have no family, no friends, and it seems no future. As you begin to shut your eyes, gentle but strong arms reach out and pick you up off the road. You regain enough strength to focus on your eyes on the face before you. Her face is wrinkled with age and love and is like a ray of light in your world. This is a familiar story for the many poor and needy of India touched by Mother Teresa who was the Mother of Love.
The foundation and development of a human being stems from the individual’s position within his/her life (for instance, his/her opinion, stance, about oneself in regards to his/her own expectations) and within his/her communities as a member of a household, a race or even as a gender. The key factor of this notion, take in consideration the vast knowledge a person can evaluate against their own understanding. A person emerge into the world as a blank slate that unconsciously and continuously devouring and weaving in stories told in voices that evokes correlation identification with an image created by a mother, father, brothers, sister, aunt, uncle, cousins, grandma, grandpa, and even nicknamed strangers into their root and skin. An open-minded
Leper went over in his chair and collapsed against the floor” (Knowles 137). This example of displacement reveals. Another example of defense mechanisms used by Gene is rationalization. Rationalization is a defense mechanism in which feelings or behaviors are justified in a seemingly logical manner. Freud says that,"The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to reconcile the claims and demands of all three...
Psychological defense mechanisms are common tactics used with or without realization to protect oneself. These various defense mechanisms are often used to protect one from confronting his or her weaknesses and desires that occupy the back of their mind. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Phineas exhibits psychological defense mechanisms due to the fact that he can not accept the reality of an experience. Denial is a common defense mechanism that consists of refusing the truth and simply denying a traumatic experience. Repression is a step above denial; repression involves dismissing and forgetting the trauma.
He called these different ways of dealing with pain “defense mechanism”. They are not under our conscious control. When we face a stressful event in daily lives, our ego and unconscious try to protect us. Actually, Frida was a really good example of defense mechanism because tram accident caused both physical and physiological pains. During her life, she faced many both physical and psychological pains so her unconscious part used defense mechanism to protect herself.
For example, animal experimentations conceptualized stress as a physiological drive that is triggered by negative environmental stimuli. As such, coping behaviors were seen as acts of controlling how we respond to these negative stimuli. On the other hand, psychoanalytic ego psychology presented a trait and style approach to coping. In this perspective, the traits and characteristics that individuals possess will determine how they react to particular types of stimuli. However, there are limitations to this approach.
This brings out one of the themes “ The nature of man ”, which shows the essential elements of a human condition where men lacks of identity and the inability to communicate with fellow man, showing the irony between the name and the conditions he is living
Freud suggested that the superego acts to perfect and civilize our behaviour and it suppress all unacceptable urges of the id while struggles to make the ego act upon idealistic standards, rather that upon realistic principles. The superego is present in the conscious, preconscious and unconscious. As far as toilet training is concerned, Freud had developed a theory of 'Psychosexual Development '. He developed and advanced this theory focussing on the effects of the sexual pleasure drive on a person’s emerging personality.
In 1923, Sigmund Freud proposed his theory that the make-up of an individual’s personality is largely governed by three fundamental components: the id, the ego, and the superego. Working through the unconscious and shaping behavior according to psychological fixations and conflicts or lack thereof, these elements evolve through five levels of psychosexual development (Freud, 1962). However, in spite of its compelling approach to the phenomenon, Freud’s structural theory of personality is riddled with limitations and as such, is subject to much criticism. The mind is layered into three states: the conscious, referring to the thoughts currently in our forefront; the preconscious, idle thoughts that can be easily accessed and brought to the conscious; and the unconscious, which houses the more instinctual drives that are repressed because it threatens the conscious’ equilibrium (Cloninger, 1996).
Emotional self-regulation operates through three subprincile: the self-monitoring, judgment of one’s behavior, and affective self-reaction (Bandura n.d., p. 248). Self-monitoring includes the awareness of oneself to his/her action, the judgement of behavior is observing the pattern toward doing something to affect it, and the affective self-reaction includes the mechanisms that regulate the courses of actions (Bandura n.d., p.