Perspectives of Human Development, from Where Does Personality Come?
Perspectives of Human Development, From where does personality come?
The search for where does personality come from is the question this paper will try to answer by exploring of psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, and systems theories. The Oxford dictionary defines personality as “the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character.” With this definition in mind, we will explore the different theories, ideas, and assumptions on the subject of personality. The different theories ask relevant questions such as from a psychoanalytical perspective, tell me what, was your childhood like (McLeod, 2007)? As where a behaviorist would be, asking questions on how to apply reinforcements for the desired behavior (Miller, 1999). A cognitive theorist would be asking a question; to reveal what stage of development a person has reached (Cherry, 2012). The system theorist would ask has there been a change on the micro level between the child and caregiver (Suzuki, 2001). With each theory assumptions and questions answered, this paper will try to explore and answer how the theories view the impact on nature verse nurture and different developmental stages a person passes through while developing a personality.
Psychoanalytic Theory
A psychoanalytic view is to establish the idea that human behavior and personality have been shaped by early childhood experiences, often driven by influential unconscious forces, which affect decisions made every day and during a lifetime. Freud’s theories have many different characteristics and core concepts that he revised over his professional career. The one’s that shape his theories and affect psychology and culture to this day are the Id, Ego, and Superego. This trio considered by Freud, shapes personality by the interplay and connections of biological needs being satisfied on the Id level. Here, is where the ego starts to develop on how to act and make a decision between the needs of the Id and
The search for where does personality come from is the question this paper will try to answer by exploring of psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, and systems theories. The Oxford dictionary defines personality as “the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character.” With this definition in mind, we will explore the different theories, ideas, and assumptions on the subject of personality. The different theories ask relevant questions such as from a psychoanalytical perspective, tell me what, was your childhood like (McLeod, 2007)? As where a behaviorist would be, asking questions on how to apply reinforcements for the desired behavior (Miller, 1999). A cognitive theorist would be asking a question; to reveal what stage of development a person has reached (Cherry, 2012). The system theorist would ask has there been a change on the micro level between the child and caregiver (Suzuki, 2001). With each theory assumptions and questions answered, this paper will try to explore and answer how the theories view the impact on nature verse nurture and different developmental stages a person passes through while developing a personality.
Psychoanalytic Theory
A psychoanalytic view is to establish the idea that human behavior and personality have been shaped by early childhood experiences, often driven by influential unconscious forces, which affect decisions made every day and during a lifetime. Freud’s theories have many different characteristics and core concepts that he revised over his professional career. The one’s that shape his theories and affect psychology and culture to this day are the Id, Ego, and Superego. This trio considered by Freud, shapes personality by the interplay and connections of biological needs being satisfied on the Id level. Here, is where the ego starts to develop on how to act and make a decision between the needs of the Id and
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