This essay will be focusing on the discussion of psychodynamic theory in understanding personality. Specifically, Alfred Adler’s individual theory of personality would be used to illustrate how does the theory help in understanding ourselves.
Alfred Adler is one of the influential figures in the school of psychodynamics. However, his theory of personality is significantly different from Sigmund Freud, who is the father of psychoanalysis and also the first proposer of the psychodynamic theory. Freud is well known for his topographical model of categorizing personality into consciousness, precociousness and unconsciousness, and emphasis on the libido (sexual drive) on personality development. Although Alder is also in the school of psychodynamics, …show more content…
When taking photos using my camera, I would usually spend more time than others in order to find a “perfect” picture. I always doubt myself in whether I have taken the best picture that I possibly could. I am a person who always tries to be organized and coordinated, and I would try my best to make sure everything happens according to the plan without any errors. A quote from Benjamin Franklin says it all: a place for everything and everything in its place. I have a belief, that is only when I am perfect, I am good and okay. And it is like an obligation or something that I must always accomplish. Sometimes I would be driven by fear, and most probably because of the fear of failure. I hate failures and I feel scared when I am imagining myself failing to accomplish something. I would love to be superior over others such that I constantly challenge myself to do better and be the best that I could. My perfectionism is in accordance with Adler’s proposition that human life as a dynamic striving for perfection that individuals are responsible for their own actions and …show more content…
First of all, he considers one’s personality as a totality. This means that personality cannot be viewed in isolation and should instead be viewed as a whole. In fact, by daily observation, it is quite easy to categorize people who are having different characteristics. For instance, in trait theory, I might be categorized as outgoing, affected by feelings, sensitive, practical etc. Yet, using individual theory, I would be more described and understood by my personal fictive goal and the means of achieving and fulfilling it. Therefore, Adler’s theory is not comprehensive enough to explain my personality and
Alfred Adler is one of the influential figures in the school of psychodynamics. However, his theory of personality is significantly different from Sigmund Freud, who is the father of psychoanalysis and also the first proposer of the psychodynamic theory. Freud is well known for his topographical model of categorizing personality into consciousness, precociousness and unconsciousness, and emphasis on the libido (sexual drive) on personality development. Although Alder is also in the school of psychodynamics, …show more content…
When taking photos using my camera, I would usually spend more time than others in order to find a “perfect” picture. I always doubt myself in whether I have taken the best picture that I possibly could. I am a person who always tries to be organized and coordinated, and I would try my best to make sure everything happens according to the plan without any errors. A quote from Benjamin Franklin says it all: a place for everything and everything in its place. I have a belief, that is only when I am perfect, I am good and okay. And it is like an obligation or something that I must always accomplish. Sometimes I would be driven by fear, and most probably because of the fear of failure. I hate failures and I feel scared when I am imagining myself failing to accomplish something. I would love to be superior over others such that I constantly challenge myself to do better and be the best that I could. My perfectionism is in accordance with Adler’s proposition that human life as a dynamic striving for perfection that individuals are responsible for their own actions and …show more content…
First of all, he considers one’s personality as a totality. This means that personality cannot be viewed in isolation and should instead be viewed as a whole. In fact, by daily observation, it is quite easy to categorize people who are having different characteristics. For instance, in trait theory, I might be categorized as outgoing, affected by feelings, sensitive, practical etc. Yet, using individual theory, I would be more described and understood by my personal fictive goal and the means of achieving and fulfilling it. Therefore, Adler’s theory is not comprehensive enough to explain my personality and