Sigmund Freud's Five Factor Model Of Personality

I found the theories based on traits and Freud's theory of psychosexual development the most interesting. I found the five-factor model of personality interesting because it is made up of five broad traits and efficiently describes how they contribute to a person’s personality; it is not limited or complex, making it easier to understand and see the correlations. Freud’s theory proposed an interesting perspective on personality. He describes personality as having three sides to it: id—present at birth, later retreating and becoming unconscious--; ego—meaning “I” in Latin, rational and logical seeking to satisfy the needs of the id (hunger, thirst, self-preservation, and sex)--; and the superego—the moral center of personality. Freud also believed that children go through a serious of psychosexual stages in which the id focuses on erogenous zones. Failure complete any of the stages can results in fixations contributed to that or those particular …show more content…
However, I come to see that biology determines more of our personality than environmental influences. The fact that we are each born with our own temperament/personality already intact and with this, perceive and behave in our environment in different ways from childhood to adulthood indicates to me that nature overcomes nurture. Our personality influences our decisions and behavior, and through each experience we grow but our personality does not change a lot. For instance, I can still think back to some of my thoughts of when I was a child and in a way, I am still the same. I’m older and wiser than when I was say 7, but I still see the same patterns in how I thought and behaved before. I'd like to propose a question for my fellow classmates: what would happen to our personality if we lost our episodic memories? would happen if we lost all of our memories? Would we still be the same or similar after some time of forming new