Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Personality is made up of the characteristics patterns of the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make a person unique (Friedman and Schustack, 2012) In this paper, I will talk about the extent to how growth needs influence personality formations using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I will further describe some biological factors that have influenced the formation of personality, and I will also examine the relationship of biological factors by Maslow’s theory of personality. I will conclude by explaining some basic aspects of humanistic theories that are incompatible with biological explanations of personality.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was created by Abraham Maslow, who strongly pushes …show more content…
The definition of temperament is “the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural predisposition.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/temperament) One example could be the behavior in the event of a death of a family member or close friend. The grieving may be crying and trying to seek comfort in the form of hugs and hand holding. Another person may go into a dark depression, because they can’t understand or comprehend death, and tend to believe there is no “god” if you will, because if there were, then this would not have happened. There are various traits that make up each individual human being. They are the traits of human consciousness, otherwise referred to as personality traits. A few of the biological factors which have a great influence on the formation of personalities consist of diseases, heredity, brain, genetics, physical features, neurochemical alterations, and physiological …show more content…
An even mixture of the two theories would probably produce amazing and accurate results. Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, and Hans Eysenck gave up most of their lives researching their theories on personality. Each one of these theorists makes an excellent stance and point, the main issue that each had in common was their inability to see past their own tunnel vision towards their theory. Had they been able to, and had each really tried to study off of the others, the results could have been revolutionary. Personality is far too complicated to be put into any one single category. The combination of all the ideas from the theorists could have bridged the
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was created by Abraham Maslow, who strongly pushes …show more content…
The definition of temperament is “the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural predisposition.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/temperament) One example could be the behavior in the event of a death of a family member or close friend. The grieving may be crying and trying to seek comfort in the form of hugs and hand holding. Another person may go into a dark depression, because they can’t understand or comprehend death, and tend to believe there is no “god” if you will, because if there were, then this would not have happened. There are various traits that make up each individual human being. They are the traits of human consciousness, otherwise referred to as personality traits. A few of the biological factors which have a great influence on the formation of personalities consist of diseases, heredity, brain, genetics, physical features, neurochemical alterations, and physiological …show more content…
An even mixture of the two theories would probably produce amazing and accurate results. Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, and Hans Eysenck gave up most of their lives researching their theories on personality. Each one of these theorists makes an excellent stance and point, the main issue that each had in common was their inability to see past their own tunnel vision towards their theory. Had they been able to, and had each really tried to study off of the others, the results could have been revolutionary. Personality is far too complicated to be put into any one single category. The combination of all the ideas from the theorists could have bridged the