Freud's work began in the 1880s when he tried treating behavioral disorders. He treated these disorders by allowing his patients to talk about their problems while he listened to them. Through his work, he claimed that one’s unconscious affects their behaviours. He discovered that desires and internal conflicts stem from three areas: The id: the part of the unconscious mind that is the source of instinctive impulses → For example: fears and meeting basic needs
Reading Summary: Chapter 10 focused on the different types of personality theories including psychoanalytic perspective, humanistic perspective, social cognitive perspective, and trait perspective. Psychoanalytic perspective was developed by Freud and emphasizes the belief that the unconscious mind and the instinctual drives of a person effects their personality development, especially during their early childhood. Many of Freud’s initial students/followers later developed their own theories within the psychoanalytic perspective. For example, Horney disagreed with Freud’s paternalistic ideas surrounding women in his theory. She also believed that social relationships were more important in shaping the personality than the unconscious aggression
The psychodynamic comes from Freud’s psychodynamic theory that said that people's behavior and personality come from unconscious energy within the mind. It also includes that individuals have a defense mechanism that the ego uses, so individuals don’t get unconscious anxiety or threatening thoughts to enter their minds. Another part of psychodynamic is that sexual impulse play a major part in personality. Some of the advantages of this theory is that it gives importance to childhood experiences, and that many theories have revise it, that it has become less controversial over time. Disadvantages to this theory is that it focuses to much on sexual impulses.
Theoretical Constructs Personality theories differ based on the perspectives of theorists. Each theorist describes and perceives personality according to his own unique point of view. This paper provides a number of different perspectives regarding the case of John. The paper evaluates the personality theory, the phenomenological theory, trait theory and the biological/genetic theory. Personality theory develops and defines who an individual is; it provides the traits that may be used to describe an individual.
The "psychoanalytic" theory founded by Sigmund Freud and those of his followers are the basis of the psychodynamic approach. It is said that this theory focuses on the fact that childhood experiences make up to be someone's personality. Sigmund Freud's theory is known to be questioned by other theorists because it is claimed that his theories are not scientifically possible to test, although specific studies like "Little Hans”, clearly showed otherwise.
Historical Philosophies studies crimes that have moved forward from its known foundation in creating policies for criminal activities. Theories that apply to the historical philosophies are classical theory which believe punishment deters criminal behavior. Marxism/Conflict Theory is the theory that social and economic has created crimes. Biological positivists is the believe that traits at birth are then passed down into criminal behavior in people. Sociological theorists believe that a person’s social status in society determinants of criminal behavior.
Freud is one of the most known figures in the history of psychology and many concepts such as ego and unconscious to name a few have become common household words (-- removed HTML --) He developed an integrated and a rational system for understanding the human mind and the treatment of neurosis, although his work was influenced by many other scientist and philosophers (-- removed HTML --) . From Freud’s work many other individuals began to create new and expand on his original theories and ideas. A known figure in the history of psychology, Carl Jung, used some concepts and ideas proposed by Freud, although his approach differed from Freud’s with regards to the structure of personality, especially the unconscious, and the human development
Psychosocial theory is a list of theories developed by Erickson to describe the stages of development. In my personal life, I feel that each stage of my life was affected by the first, and most important stage: Trust vs. Mistrust. According to Erikson, this is the most crucial stage that will affect all other stages of development. Children learn the basics of relying on parental guidence for feeding, consistency and physical contact. I feel that the stage that is most appropriate for where I am in my life right now is identity vs. Role confusion; and this is so because of my adoption.
Personality theories are important in understanding human behavior. Personality is defined as, “the unique way in which each individual thinks, acts, and feels throughout life” (Ciccarelli & White, 2015, p.502). I will describe the following three theories: Big Trait theory, Social Cognitive Theory, and Erickson’s Psychosocial Development Theory. Each theory describes a different perspective (traits, behaviorist, and psychoanalytical). I will define each theory, explain the assumptions on which the theory is based, strength and weaknesses, and state how each personality theory applies to me.
Theory According to Vito and Maahs (2011), Psychodynamic Theory is A view that explains personality in terms of conscious and unconscious forces, such as unconscious desires and beliefs. Sigmund Freud proposed a psychodynamic theory according to which personality consists of the id (responsible for instincts and pleasure-seeking), the superego (which attempts to obey the rules of parents and society), and the ego (which mediates between them according to the demands of reality) (p.113). Homicide and psychodynamics come together because people act according to their mental state.
CARL JUNG: Carl Gustav Jung was a psychiatrist and a psychotherapist who reached the heights of glory with his views on the personality development of an individual. He became the President of the International Psychoanalytic Association but only after the animosity between Jung and Freud did Jung achieve fame. Post-split Jung delved into his dreams and imaginations and initiated working on his theory of personality. He wrote down his dreams and analysed them which he later formulated into his idea of personal unconscious.
(www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/freud_sigmund.shtml) Freud’s most of the theories were built based on studies of the hysterical patient, Anna O. Anna O. Was under hypnosis treatments by a physician, Joseph Breuer. Freud used hypnosis and free association (the method which is allowed to express the things in the patient’s mind) to treat the patients. Freud proposed five theories to explain the nature of the personality: Topographical model, Structural model, Libido and Thanatos, defense mechanism, psychosexual stages. In Topographical model, Freud introduced three sections of human personality. The conscious, The preconscious, and The unconscious.
Learning Personality Theories and Dispositional Personality Theories Introduction The two psychological personality theories have a number of similarities and differences. As such, this essay transcends a discussion of a comparison between dispositional and learning personality theories. Also, the paper will address the differences between the two personality theories regarding personality, interpersonal relationships, characteristics as well as behaviour. Conventionally, it is evident that individual personality will directly affect the behaviour of one.
Philosophy of Personality Paper This paper endeavors to explore the realms of human personality by comparing established secular theorist’s views with the Bible. It seeks to answer the question, “Is Christianity compatible with a system based on naturalistic, nontheistic, secular humanism?” Introduction to Personality The American Psychological Association defines personality as “Individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving” (Understanding Personality).
Personality is defined as the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual 's unique character. Personality theory is the approaches to understanding the “What”, “How” and “When” of characteristics and features that make up an individual 's personality. An insight into personality is important to understand the function of a person’s mind. By doing this you would be able to understand and observe your own psyche from an outside perspective, interact with others better and understand why they do what they do or predict how someone may react to something. My personality can be describe as Introverted since I am reserved, practical and quiet.
