Psychology: Comparing Freud and Rogers on Personality Theories

This assignment presents a student's response to a post discussing the impact of consciousness on personality, drawing upon Freud's and Rogers' theories. The student agrees with the classmate's justification using Freud's theory, highlighting the id, ego, and superego components and their influence on human behavior. The discussion emphasizes the importance of balancing these components to avoid socially unacceptable behavior. The post references Freud's psychoanalytic theory, emphasizing the role of the unconscious mind and the pleasure principle in shaping personality and behavior, while also acknowledging Roger's humanistic perspective, which focuses on self-concept and personal growth. The student concludes that the classmate's post aligns with evidence regarding the factors influencing personality.

Running head: PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology
Name of the student:
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Response to post:
The post discussion of the classmate on impact of consciousness on personality used
Freud’s and Roger’s theory to state that personality was revealed through consciousness.
However, the post indicated the mechanism is different and used different argument to show that
conflict between unconsciousness and moral demands also influences personality. The post
emphasized that personality development should be based on self-concept and growth as per
Roger’s humanistic theory. I agree with my classmate’s justification with the use of Freud’s
theory. The evidence provided is consistent with Freud’s personality theory which states that
human personality is more complex and three components such as id, ego and superego work to
influence complex human behaviour. The id is the unconscious component of the personality and
it is based on pleasure principle which defines that pleasure is the driving force of id or
unconsciousness (Hogan, 2017). The unconscious mind is the one which is full of urges, feelings
and thoughts. This implies that people seek immediate gratification of all needs and wants and
when this is not fulfilled, it is associated with behaviours like anxiety and tension. Hence, it can
be concluded that id is an important component of human’s personality and they continue to
influence behaviour of people. The way pleasure related needs of people are met determines how
far unconsciousness rules people’s behaviour (Guntrip, 2018). As full reliance on
unconsciousness may lead to disruptive and socially unacceptable behaviour, achieving balance
between the three components of personality is necessary. Hence, the classmate’s post is
consistent with evidence on factors influencing personality

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References:
Guntrip, H. (2018). Psychoanalytic theory, therapy and the self. Routledge.
Hogan, R. (2017). Personality and the fate of organizations. Psychology Press.