Personality Theories
Personality Theories
Stephanie Mobley
Beh/225
April 20, 2014
Joel Vance
Personality Theories
The word personality is derived from the Latin word persona which means mask. When it comes to personality I do not feel that word is easily defined. Everyone is different in their own little way so therefore no two people are the same. Some people may question if twins actually share the same personality and the answer is no they do not. It seems that personality is something that is developed from birth and as we grow it will continue to grow. We are going to talk about four individuals that developed personality theories. Those four individuals are Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Sigmund Freud, and Carl Jung.
Abraham Maslow was interested in people who were living unusually effective lives. He wanted to know how these people were different and in order to find out he started studying the lives of some men and women known throughout history. He studied people such as Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln just to name a few. He did not limit his study to historical figures he also was interested in artists, poets, writers, and creative individuals (Coon & Mitterer, 2013, p.417). Maslow is responsible for the hierarchy of needs and he placed these needs into five categories. He considered these needs to the universal motivating forces of human beings. According to Maslow the hierarchy of needs is physiological, safety, affection, esteem, and self-actualization. He divided the esteem needs into two distinct sub-groupings- the dominance needs and the achievement needs. Each of these needs play a part for individuals to be able to advance to the next level. For example, physical needs of individuals that are not maintained at a sufficing level will prevent the fulfillment of the social and intellectual needs because the individual will die (Marsh, E.R., 1978).
Carl Rogers a well-known humanist that agreed with the main assumptions of Maslow,
Stephanie Mobley
Beh/225
April 20, 2014
Joel Vance
Personality Theories
The word personality is derived from the Latin word persona which means mask. When it comes to personality I do not feel that word is easily defined. Everyone is different in their own little way so therefore no two people are the same. Some people may question if twins actually share the same personality and the answer is no they do not. It seems that personality is something that is developed from birth and as we grow it will continue to grow. We are going to talk about four individuals that developed personality theories. Those four individuals are Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Sigmund Freud, and Carl Jung.
Abraham Maslow was interested in people who were living unusually effective lives. He wanted to know how these people were different and in order to find out he started studying the lives of some men and women known throughout history. He studied people such as Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln just to name a few. He did not limit his study to historical figures he also was interested in artists, poets, writers, and creative individuals (Coon & Mitterer, 2013, p.417). Maslow is responsible for the hierarchy of needs and he placed these needs into five categories. He considered these needs to the universal motivating forces of human beings. According to Maslow the hierarchy of needs is physiological, safety, affection, esteem, and self-actualization. He divided the esteem needs into two distinct sub-groupings- the dominance needs and the achievement needs. Each of these needs play a part for individuals to be able to advance to the next level. For example, physical needs of individuals that are not maintained at a sufficing level will prevent the fulfillment of the social and intellectual needs because the individual will die (Marsh, E.R., 1978).
Carl Rogers a well-known humanist that agreed with the main assumptions of Maslow,
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