A Critical Review of Kelly’s Personality Theory in Personality Development

However, since the personality divisions are not physical, there is no way to prove that they do or do not exist. As a result of the conflicts between the Id, ego and Super Ego, Freud argued that the mind prepared ego defence mechanisms to reduce anxiety. These were Repression, Displacement, Projection, Denial and Intellectualisation. Myers and Brewin provided support for this theory in their study. They identified a set of people as 'repressors', and found that it took…

While Psychoanalysis was the first formal theory of personality influenced by Sigmund Freud of which was divided into three levels. According to the text; “there are three major components of mental structure of which are ID, Ego and Superego. Development proceeds from the id which includes the instincts or drives with which we are born, to ego and superego. Infants are at the most primitive stage, all id entirely driven by the urge to gratify instinctual urges, without any notion of what is possible…

in studying personality. As analyzed by Feist & Feist (2009), theorists who lean toward the quantitative side of psychology such as behaviorists, social learning theorists, and trait theorists tend to differ in personality and further account for the fundamental disagreements between those inclined toward the clinical and qualitative side of psychology such as psychoanalysts, humanists, and existentialists. In considering a theoretical approach in the study of personality, theories brought forth…

analyses can be performed (Allen, 1990). Dworkin and Kihlstrom (1978) underlined that the prediction of behavior will be improved by the use of personality tests. In line with this, many personality inventories with certain extent of reliability and validity have been developed to aid in the study of personality. There are essentially two forms of personality tests that can be found in the literature. One of it is named projective test, allowing an extensive variety of freedom in making response,…

Friedman and Schustack 2009 write of Freud’s psychosexual stages and how they impact the development of personality. I sucked my thumb far later in childhood than I should have and still possess oral fixations. Perhaps my bed wetting was an indication that there was some psychological manifestation. My mother responded by sticking my face in urine until the habit retreated. I was meticulous but I was trained to be. I was sexually abused while in the phallic stage, causing much trauma that would follow…

skills needed to run. Without the first two stages, running would be impossible. Most of these stage theories are progressive, although in some, such as Erikson's psychosocial and Freud's psychosexual; a person can fail to complete the stage while still moving forward. This failure, however, will result in difficulties later in life according to the theories. Thereby an individual's personality is complex, comprised of different mental characteristics that make them unique from other people. It…

There is many different factors that determine personality and development, from environmental, genetics, and of course, the culture someone grows up. This can vary across the globe in different geological locations. It is impossible to say how much influence culture has on specific psychological development or personality. Some emotion such as happiness can be subjective and it is hard to measure the rate of happiness when contrasted with a different part of the world. Many scholars point out that…

common concerns, and special affiliations. As they appreciate these relationships, their thought becomes more global, more concerned with broad moral and practical issues. The achievement of these new kinds of thinking reflects a stage of cognitive development that goes beyond Piaget’s formal operational period. In this stage, people’s thinking becomes dialectical, which means they understand that knowledge is relative, not absolute such that what is seen as wise today may have been thought foolish in…

lead to an extroverted personality by the individual raising their self-concept by stopping their tendencies to look for others' approval. Once they accept themselves, their esteem needs will be met and obtain gratification about themselves. Once their self-esteem rises, the individual will feel more comfortable socializing and be more energized The Trait perspective suggests that individual personalities are composed broad dispositions. The trait approach to personality is focused on differences…

born psychologist Hans Eysenck devoted much of his career to both personality and intelligence research with much of this time spent in British universities. According to Haggbloom (2002), Eysenck’s research was thoroughly respected with him being the most regularly cited psychologist in science journals at the time of his passing. In 1947 Eysenck’s first book outlined what Eysenck viewed as the two central factors of personality; neuroticism and introversion/extraversion. Five years later Eysenck…