Misconceptions about Personality
First of all, what is personality? personality is consistent pattern of thinking, feeling and behaving. But common man see it in different way which is not as the concept developed
Category: Theories of personality
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
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
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
Bandura’s social cognitive theory
Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) started as the Social Learning Theory (SLT) in the 1960s by Albert Bandura. Bandura was born in the province of Alberta, Canada. He was elected president
Skinner’s Operant Conditioning
Operant Conditioning. The operant conditioning is the procedure by which a change in the consequences of a response will affect the rate at which the response occurs. The operant-conditioning process,
Adler’s individual psychology
Adler’s individual psychology Alfred Adler (1870-1937), an Austrian medical doctor, gave importance to the social context in the development of personality as well as the interpersonal relationships. He suggested that
Jung’s Analytical Psychology
Jung’s Analytical Psychology. Carl Gustav Jung(1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and a close friend of Sigmund Freud. He emphasized the idea that we need to study different cultures as it
Freud’s classical psychodynamic theory
The psychodynamic approach to personality stems from Sigmund Freud’s theory about how and why people become who they are. Psyche: According to Freud, an internal structure of the mind is made
Classification of personality theories
Classification is the process by which objects, events, people, or experiences are grouped into classes on the basis of (a) characteristics shared by members of the same class and (b)
Idiographic and Nomothetic Approach.
The Idiographic and Nomothetic approach tackle Personality Psychology from opposing angles. Personality psychologists study something that is supposedly unique to each of us, yet also something we all have Definitions of idiographic and
Introduction to Psychodynamic perspective
In the more modern psychodynamic perspective, the focus may still include the unconscious mind. And its influence over conscious behavior and on early childhood experiences. But with less of an