Comparison Between Psychological Traits

Running head: COMPARISON BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS
COMPARISON BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS
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COMPARISON BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS
The study will discuss about the difference between the personality theories of Freud
and Eysenck and identify the development of personality in individual.
Freud had developed the theory of personality development which argues that
personality is formed when these three fundamental structures conflict in human mind: id,
ego, super ego. He emphasized on the importance of the unconscious mind and he also
believed the fact that the unconscious mind governs the behaviour to a higher degree than
what is suspected by the people. He had kept a goal to make the unconscious part to be
conscious. According to him the human personality is complex and have more than a single
component (Dweck, 2013). The different component of personality are Id, Ego and Super
ego. He states the Id is present in an individual since birth and completely unconscious. Ego
is related to deal with reality. It works in both the cases, conscious and unconscious (Lewin,
2013). Super ego can be termed into two parts where the ego ideal is the rule for good
behaviour and includes approval from parents but the conscience includes information that
might not be readily accepted by the parents. It can have some negative impact.
On the other side Eysenck’s theory of personality defines two dimensions of higher order
traits, extraversion Vs introversion and emotional stability Vs neuroticism and
psychoticism Vs self -control. The term extroversion describes a person to be more free to the
outer world and more outgoing, sociable and expressive in comparison to the introversion
who are more withdrawn, reserved, retiring, and deliberate. The term Neuroticism means
person who are not stable with their emotional value and they require more stability in their
emotional decision and lifestyle. On the other hand emotionally stable defines a person who
is capable of maintaining a constant reaction and can be predicted easily (Eysenck, 2014).
Psychoticism is a situation when the person is characterized by aggression, aloofness and anti