Psychological theories of personality unite in themselves scientific assumptions, both about the nature of human development, and its mechanism. Thanks to them it becomes possible to predict the future behavior of each individual.
They answer the following questions:
- What is volitional freedom? In what period is the maximum manifestation of personal development?
- Conscious or unconscious processes play an important role in the psychological structure of everyone?
- Is the inner world objective or not?
Basic psychological theories of personality
Psychodynamic theory of Freud. According to him, no one has free will. Behavior is predetermined by aggressive and sexual desires ("id"). Thoughts of personality are not objective. We are hostages of consciousness and only through dreams, hypnosis, slip, one can see the true face.
The disciple of Freud, G. Jung, put forward an analytical theory, according to which the life skills, skills we receive through genetic memory, that is, from ancestors. The personality is dominated by the unconscious.
The basic psychological theories of personality development include the humanistic hypothesis. According to the teachings of K. Rogers, the person ceases to develop when he stops his professional work. Each person has the potential that he must reveal throughout his life. This will help to become the one who maximizes the available skills and talents.
Cognitive theory was put forward by J. Kelly. He was of the opinion that only through his own environment a person is able to develop. And his behavior is influenced by his intellectual data.
To modern psychological theories of personality carry povedenicheskuyu. In person, there is neither genetically nor psychologically inherited information. Its properties are formed on the basis of social skills, behavioral type reflexes.