Identify And Explain The Three Personality Theorists

Personality Theories

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Personality Theories The three personality theories that I have chosen are the Psychodynamic Theory, the Humanistic Theory, and the Sociocultural Theory. The three theories all deal with a form of love as being a part of a healthy personality. The Humanistic Theory and Sociocultural Theory are comparable in that both deal with an understanding of the self, the concepts we have of self, and developing part of that concept from how we feel others view us. The Psychodynamic Theory limits the explanation of who we are as simply being driven by basic human driving forces, needs, and desires. The Humanistic Theory and Sociocultural Theory give importance to the needs of love and
The theory limits people to functions. Some portions of the theory include unconscious programming, even a collective unconscious, as reasons for why people act in certain ways, rather than providing for learned actions, tradition, family, or a desire to be an individual with a purpose. The Psychodynamic Theory deals specifically with human function, natural drive, and relationships, portraying these as programmed within us through pre-existing conditions. Some of the theorists within this category extended the concept to include the development of humans to come from our interactions with others, but merely on a social level, rather than true identification of self or development of real belonging through others. The Psychodynamic Theory essentially presents every individual as programmed or learned
The theory relates who we are to be determined by environment, including race, nationality, gender, religion, economic status, personality, and adjustment within these conditions. The theory gives culture the most importance to determining behavior, rather than personal desires or needs. Sociocultural Theory defines a healthy personality as one that meshes personal identities with a collective identity. The personal identity is developed through the cultural and social aspects of environment, while Psychodynamic explains this as merely a function, and Humanistic simply explains it as a need to belong. The Sociocultural Theory does not limit our heritage to what a person makes of it, or a collective unconscious, but expands on the concept by developing who we are through heritage and tradition and becoming part of that heritage and tradition. The Sociocultural Theory does give personal power to choice to mesh heritage and tradition, to change in order to accommodate dominant culture, but not much personal choice beyond this aspect. The entire identification of self seems to come from how we fit within culture, rather than who we make ourselves to