Impact of Unconscious Mind on Personality: A Critical Analysis of Freud and Rogers Theory

Running head: PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology
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1PSYCHOLOGY
Response to classmate’s post:
In response to the discussion regarding the impact of unconscious mind on personality,
the classmate’s post explained the development of personality by comparing the Freud and
Roger theory. The positive aspect of the post is that instead of going deep into theoretical aspect
of each theory, the author directly answers how unconscious elements influence behaviour of an
individual. For example, the post discussed that personality has three components that influence
human behaviour and each personality as an unconscious element that influences behaviour. I
support the colleague’s position on the impact of the unconscious minds on personality as the
post specifies that pleasure principle and self-actualization needs trigger the unconscious mind
and facilitate different behaviour of people. This concept is consistent with research evidence as
Freud (2018) shows that unconscious mind comes under the id component of the personality and
it operates on the pleasure principle. Freud’s theory gives the idea that pleasure is related to
every wishful impulse. Fulfilment of the wishful impulse is associated with pleasure and inability
to achieve the impulse lead to tension.
Another important idea given by the post is that the unconscious is influences by self-
actualization needs and the author used Rogers’s theory to state that positive childhood
experience is crucial to influence self-actualization needs and promote positive personality
development. The central point of the Rogers theory is that reaching perfection is necessary for
personality development instead of seeking pleasure (Aubrey & Riley, 2018). However, use of
Roger’s concept is not relevant as it does not explain how unconscious elements influence
personality. The critical analysis of Sigmund Freud’s theory alone can prove the point regarding
the impact of the unconscious minds on personality. Freud (2018) argues that the unconscious
mind is a legitimate context and there are numerous proofs of its existence. For example, the