Motivation and Emotion perspective of personality.

Motivation. Motivation refers to complex reactions consisting of: Physiological responses such as changes in blood pressure and heart rate; The subjective feelings which we describe as happiness, anger, sorrow, disgust Read More …

Lazarus’ Cognitive Mediation Theory

Cognitive Mediation theory Cognitive mediation theory proposed by American psychologist Richard Lazarus (1922-2002). Richard Lazarus attempts to explain how cognition, stress, and emotion interrelate to one another through the cognitive Read More …

Carl Rogers Person-centered theory

Carl Rogers originated a popular approach to psychotherapy known initially as non-directive or client-centered theory/ therapy and later as person-centered theory/ therapy. Rogers’s personality theory, like Maslow’s, stands on humanistic Read More …

Transactional Analysis – Meaning, Ego states, Functions

Introduction to Transactional Analysis Transactional Analysis, TA given by Eric Berne, is a psychological tool. It enables us to understand the structure or the elements that constitute our personality. The Read More …

Freud’s Psychoanalytical Theory of Personality

Sigmund Freud a Physician by profession, Freud was the major contributor of psychoanalytic theory of personality. He developed his theory while doing clinical practice with patients. “Unconscious mental processes” is Read More …

3 Main Categories of Allport’s Theory of Personality

Gordon Willard Allport was an American psychologist who focused on the study of ‘Personality’. He is also known for being one of the founders of ‘Personality Psychology’. Gordon Allport’s Theory Read More …