Theory of personality



Theory of personality

Introduction

Sigmund Freud is considered one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century. His theory of personality has not only the contemporary psychology, but also a wide field of philosophy and the arts. Effect of Freud's theory today is undeniable. According to Freud, personality development occurs in childhood. It is a process in which Freud has identified five stages, which he described as psychosexual stages. He made this distinction on the grounds that he believed that human psychological development is contingent variable and dynamic sexual energy, which is concentrated in different places of the human body and changes as the development and maturation.

Delving into the details of several theories of personality, the most famous of modern psychology, one cannot help feeling that they were built based on the denial of the concept previously proposed by the researchers or to the inclusion of the concept from a different perspective. An exception may be the oldest - of those present - Freud's theory of personality. Totally agree with many authors who investigate the relationship between theories of personality, proposed by modern science that the foundation of the achievements in this field was made ??with the announcement of the psychoanalytic theory of personality.

Discussion

Freud's psychoanalytic theory has two parts, the combination can be explained almost every phenomenon that takes place in the human mind. The first part, the theory of psychosexual development, a revolutionary idea that with some modifications maintained until today, namely that the adult psyche is formed based on experiences and traumas of his childhood. For example, Freud argued that unless the father is present in the family, the child does not arise at three to six years of the Oedipus complex (a child behaves instinctive affection for his mother, while the father behaves aggressively, because it takes as his rival) and child to have an adult problem lead partner life. This theoretical knowledge was practically tested many times and today has such an impact on the legalization of children by homosexual couples (Ryckman, 2007).

The second part consists of Freud's structural model of personality and topographic model of the mind. Structural model divides our personality on ID, Ego and Superego. Id represents our basic needs, impulses and instincts. Superego represents a higher moral principles, we gain experience and Ego has a regulatory function - evaluates the differences between the Superego and Id. This somewhat clumsy interpretation can be easily explained with an example: if you see a hungry child in the store a cookie, the following occurs conflict: Id want to immediately fill the need to eat a biscuit regardless of the consequences to take, Ego wants to wait for the time when no one around and then to allow Id take the biscuit. Superego wants a cracker but takes to the cashier, pay for it and then eat it up, because it combines the ideal of virtue, that he was infused society, education and profound experience (Lombardo, 2003).

According to Freud, sexuality should not be identified with the ...