Psychodynamic Theories Affecting Individual Personality
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Psychodynamic Theories Affect Individual Personality
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Psychodynamic Theories Affect Individual Personality
Individuals differ from one another and each personality is unique. Be it physically, emotionally, intellectually or psychologically, each person portrays distinct characteristics that are exclusive. Many psychodynamic theorists have theorized the origins and contributions that cultivate personality. Highlights of this paper will include contents of Freuds psychoanalytic theory to include the id, ego, superego, child experience, and the infantile stage, and Sullivans interpersonal theory to include the importance …show more content…
Sullivan deems empathy to be the carrier of anxiety from mother to infant (Feist & Feist, 2009). Because caregivers cannot detect an infant 's anxiety they themselves become anxious when trying to determine the babies need. Sullivan believed that the more anxious a mother is, the more anxious the infant becomes. Anxiety to Sullivan is responsible for blocking the development of interpersonal relationships because he believed anxiety contributes to delayed learning, impairs memory, and narrows perception (Feist, & Feist, 2009). Feist & Feist (2009) describe how Sullivan also believed anxiety "prevents people from learning from their mistakes, keeps people pursuing a childish wish for security, and generally ensure that people will not learn from their experiences" (p. 218). This psychodynamic theory emphasizes the importance that the two driving forces of tension-needs and anxiety-has on the ability of a person to develop and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships. Other theorists also coincide with the influence of interpersonal …show more content…
Freuds psychoanalytic theory explains how the unconscious mind, id, ego, superego, and childhood experience develop personality in the early stages of life. As early as infancy Freud believed sexual urges and the need to fulfill pleasure motivate behavior. Sexual urges and the need to fulfill pleasure reside within the id. Because the id does not recognize reality the ego is responsible for control the behaviors sent to retrieve pleasure filling needs. The ego develops personality because it recognizes social norms and controls behavior to them. The superego realizes morality and delivers emotions such as guilt if necessary. Whereas Freud relates personality to the inner self Sullivan believed the interpersonal relationships developed throughout a child 's life and throughout a lifetime constitutes personality. Sullivan believes personality would be nonexistent if were not for interpersonal relationships. Sullivan does not dismiss the ideas of Freud but believed elements outside of the self also contribute to personality. Could personality exist without the outer self world and interpersonal
Psychodynamic Theories Affect Individual Personality
University of Phoenix
Psychodynamic Theories Affect Individual Personality
Individuals differ from one another and each personality is unique. Be it physically, emotionally, intellectually or psychologically, each person portrays distinct characteristics that are exclusive. Many psychodynamic theorists have theorized the origins and contributions that cultivate personality. Highlights of this paper will include contents of Freuds psychoanalytic theory to include the id, ego, superego, child experience, and the infantile stage, and Sullivans interpersonal theory to include the importance …show more content…
Sullivan deems empathy to be the carrier of anxiety from mother to infant (Feist & Feist, 2009). Because caregivers cannot detect an infant 's anxiety they themselves become anxious when trying to determine the babies need. Sullivan believed that the more anxious a mother is, the more anxious the infant becomes. Anxiety to Sullivan is responsible for blocking the development of interpersonal relationships because he believed anxiety contributes to delayed learning, impairs memory, and narrows perception (Feist, & Feist, 2009). Feist & Feist (2009) describe how Sullivan also believed anxiety "prevents people from learning from their mistakes, keeps people pursuing a childish wish for security, and generally ensure that people will not learn from their experiences" (p. 218). This psychodynamic theory emphasizes the importance that the two driving forces of tension-needs and anxiety-has on the ability of a person to develop and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships. Other theorists also coincide with the influence of interpersonal …show more content…
Freuds psychoanalytic theory explains how the unconscious mind, id, ego, superego, and childhood experience develop personality in the early stages of life. As early as infancy Freud believed sexual urges and the need to fulfill pleasure motivate behavior. Sexual urges and the need to fulfill pleasure reside within the id. Because the id does not recognize reality the ego is responsible for control the behaviors sent to retrieve pleasure filling needs. The ego develops personality because it recognizes social norms and controls behavior to them. The superego realizes morality and delivers emotions such as guilt if necessary. Whereas Freud relates personality to the inner self Sullivan believed the interpersonal relationships developed throughout a child 's life and throughout a lifetime constitutes personality. Sullivan believes personality would be nonexistent if were not for interpersonal relationships. Sullivan does not dismiss the ideas of Freud but believed elements outside of the self also contribute to personality. Could personality exist without the outer self world and interpersonal