Steve Carell's Psychodynamic Theory

2. My interaction with Steve Carell has a direct relation to the psychodynamic theory, more specially his idea of the pleasure and reality principle. My inner id told me to jump for joy as Carell walked over to me and said hi, my ego said to act cordially and give a very warm and professional handshake, and lastly my superego found a happy medium of both. These were all unconscious actions that never really went through my mind however deep down the interaction with Carell had a lot of unconscious factors involved.

The personal development I got from this experience was the life lesson of don’t be too excited when things are going great. The ego side of me really wanted to come out but my subconscious knew from watching Carell interact with others that he didn’t like people that were too loud, flashy, or obnoxious. I had seen people scream his name from the street all week trying to get his attention and it never resulted in a positive response from him. …show more content…
That thought process unconsciously developed when I met Carell and his personality was exactly how I expected. He was fun to be around, easy to talk to, was overall very conversational. I personally think this has caused me to “judge a book by its cover” and be quick to make an assessment of a person before getting to know them. I do not do this intentionally however in my everyday life it definitely occurs. I make hasty assumptions about how people act and they are more often than not