Different Types of Human Personalities
Personality Assessment Paper
Rochester College
Erica Schwartz
Everybody has his or her own type of personality. We all act in a certain way that makes us who we are. It is believed that our parents, peers and, the environment we grow up in, shape us. Personality is describes as a combination of emotions, attitude, and behavioral patterns of an individual. There is a reason that we are the way we are and there are many theories that go along with that. Different theorist present their own definitions of the word personality based on their own theoretical positions. Which brings us to discussing Carl Jung’s theory of analytical psychology and Harry Sullivan’s interpersonal theories. Within these two theories, we can relate them to the fictional character of Stewie Griffin from the comedy show Family Guy. Stewie Griffin is a small child around the age of one year old, yet his is very intelligent and witty. Stewie lives in a world of domination and matricide, his first target being his mother Lois. Throughout the show he shows hatred and evil towards her and other characters as well. Some of his main hobbies include reading, inventing, and plotting. Stewie Griffin is considered "Family Guy's" breakthrough character. Carl Jung was an early colleague of Freud and he broke from orthodox psychoanalysis to establish a separate theory of personality called analytical psychology. Analytical psychology rests on the assumption that occult phenomena can and do influence the lived of everyone. Jung believed that each person is motivated not only by repressed experiences but also by certain emotionally toned experiences that we inherit from our ancestors. Within Jung’s analytical psychology he discusses psychological types. Jung recognized various psychological types that grow out of a union of two basic attitudes; introversion and extraversion, and four separate functions; thinking,
Rochester College
Erica Schwartz
Everybody has his or her own type of personality. We all act in a certain way that makes us who we are. It is believed that our parents, peers and, the environment we grow up in, shape us. Personality is describes as a combination of emotions, attitude, and behavioral patterns of an individual. There is a reason that we are the way we are and there are many theories that go along with that. Different theorist present their own definitions of the word personality based on their own theoretical positions. Which brings us to discussing Carl Jung’s theory of analytical psychology and Harry Sullivan’s interpersonal theories. Within these two theories, we can relate them to the fictional character of Stewie Griffin from the comedy show Family Guy. Stewie Griffin is a small child around the age of one year old, yet his is very intelligent and witty. Stewie lives in a world of domination and matricide, his first target being his mother Lois. Throughout the show he shows hatred and evil towards her and other characters as well. Some of his main hobbies include reading, inventing, and plotting. Stewie Griffin is considered "Family Guy's" breakthrough character. Carl Jung was an early colleague of Freud and he broke from orthodox psychoanalysis to establish a separate theory of personality called analytical psychology. Analytical psychology rests on the assumption that occult phenomena can and do influence the lived of everyone. Jung believed that each person is motivated not only by repressed experiences but also by certain emotionally toned experiences that we inherit from our ancestors. Within Jung’s analytical psychology he discusses psychological types. Jung recognized various psychological types that grow out of a union of two basic attitudes; introversion and extraversion, and four separate functions; thinking,
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