PSYC 2000 Chapter : Outline Personality
Document Summary
Freud"s theory of personality development surrounds his three structures of the mind: id (devil), ego (you), superego (angel) He identified 5 stages in the development of personality. Inability to complete the stages led to fixation. His theory is vague and is unable to predict future behavior (based on case studies of a limited set of people) He did help us to understand the role of the unconscious . We are born with certain qualities, cant do anything about it. Humans possess and innate tendency to improve and to determine their lives through the decisions they make. Abraham maslow and carl rogers are two of the creators of this view. Maslow"s hierarchy of needs (first physical needs, then emotional, then aesthetic, then self- fulfilling) Belief you will do well greater effort & persistence success belief you will do well again. Belief you will do poorly less effort & persistence failure do poorly again.
