Theories Of Psychodynamic Personality

Personality an individual difference has been studied by several psychologists because it is considered as an effective way of knowing about how personality functions. (Ryckman 2012). Personality explains how people are unique and shows the different characters that individuals have. The psychodynamic viewpoint of personality helps understand what goes in an individual's mind or the unconscious part of the mind. This essay first discusses the psychodynamic personality approach proposed by Freud. Secondly, it shows the importance of the theory and criticisms that have come about because of lack of scientific methods

The psychodynamic personality approach suggests that personality is governed by unconscious forces that cannot be controlled. It also focusses on unconscious mental forces that shape our personalities and states that people are likely to be shaped by the manner in which children cope with sexual surges. Freud ( ) believes that there are conflicts which occur unconsciously in an individual. According to Freud (1925), an individual has a
This is because it generated future work in personality and development which highlights that childhood is a critical period in development Fromkin, Krashen, Curtiss, Rigler, & Rigler (1977). It has also helped recognise that mental health problems are likely to be the cause of childhood trauma or unconscious conflicts. Another positive strength of the psychodynamic theory is that it explains that psychological factors used to explain psychical symptoms like paralysis which is currently regarded as conversion disorder. Conversion disorder derived from the work of Freud's. Freud believed that when an individual is emotionally stressed, conflicts and painful feelings are repressed. Freud believed that conflicts are kept from awareness or consciousness (Ryckman