Fundamentals of Personalities
1. Introduction
The aim of this essay is to name and identify the various theories of personality as well as explain the theoretical concepts within these theories. The assignment will also cover the similarities and differences within the two theories. It is also shown that the two theoretical approaches of personality chosen will be discussed by explaining the structure within the personality theory, the methods of gathering data and the strengths and weaknesses of the two theories.
The theories that will be discussed are Psychoanalytic personality theory and Neo-analytic personality theory.
Psychoanalytic personality theory is based on the works of Sigmund Freud in which he stated that it is a basic approach to understand personality. Psychoanalytic theory refers to the definition and dynamics of personality development which motivate and guide psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy. First laid out by Sigmund Freud, psychoanalytic theory has undergone many refinements since his work. Freud had ceased his analysis of the brain and his physiological studies and shifted his focus to the study of the mind and the related psychological qualities making up the mind, and on treatment using free association and the phenomena of transference. His study gave emphasis to the acknowledgment of childhood events that could potentially influence the mental functioning of adults. His examination of the genetic and then the developmental aspects gave the psychoanalytic theory its characteristics.
The Neo-Analytic theory usually includes such theorists as Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, and Erik Erikson. Essentially this school of thought is an attempt to extend and modernize the theories of Freud. Neo-analytic thinkers acknowledge the role of the unconscious in influencing behavior, their focus of study is more on the conscious self as a person develops and grows, and has to interact both with the demands of external reality and inner struggles with
The aim of this essay is to name and identify the various theories of personality as well as explain the theoretical concepts within these theories. The assignment will also cover the similarities and differences within the two theories. It is also shown that the two theoretical approaches of personality chosen will be discussed by explaining the structure within the personality theory, the methods of gathering data and the strengths and weaknesses of the two theories.
The theories that will be discussed are Psychoanalytic personality theory and Neo-analytic personality theory.
Psychoanalytic personality theory is based on the works of Sigmund Freud in which he stated that it is a basic approach to understand personality. Psychoanalytic theory refers to the definition and dynamics of personality development which motivate and guide psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy. First laid out by Sigmund Freud, psychoanalytic theory has undergone many refinements since his work. Freud had ceased his analysis of the brain and his physiological studies and shifted his focus to the study of the mind and the related psychological qualities making up the mind, and on treatment using free association and the phenomena of transference. His study gave emphasis to the acknowledgment of childhood events that could potentially influence the mental functioning of adults. His examination of the genetic and then the developmental aspects gave the psychoanalytic theory its characteristics.
The Neo-Analytic theory usually includes such theorists as Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, and Erik Erikson. Essentially this school of thought is an attempt to extend and modernize the theories of Freud. Neo-analytic thinkers acknowledge the role of the unconscious in influencing behavior, their focus of study is more on the conscious self as a person develops and grows, and has to interact both with the demands of external reality and inner struggles with
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