Okay, now that we have covered all the Neo-Freudians - Jung, Erikson, Adler, and Horney, which of them stands out as the one with the best theory of personality? Consider each main idea and evaluate each for its value to psychology.
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Although each psychologist has a different (but interesting perspective) I would have to say that Erik Erikson poses the best perspective about personality. Each Neo-Freudian psychologist has a life story that may or may not have an impact on their theories. Erikson’s ‘rare’ yet interesting story of how he left school and wandered about Europe certainly took part in shaping his theory of psychosocial development. The chart (which is available in the powerpoint) is, in my opinion, genius. It is a really great explanation on how we develop and blossom from our young to old years.
ReplyDeleteI believe that all of the phsycologists share something in common in the views they have on each theory as well as something diffrent but the one that I stood out to me was Alfred Adler. I strongly agreed with his theory on circus preformers and how he relates it to us and our inferiorities. I agree that we all have that state of insecurity and weakness that will hold us back greatly as well as playing out an accomplishment to the point where we over do it ( Like the picture with the hummer and smart car). Lastly, I like that he says that we should strive for that goal that we want because even if we dont reach it, we would have accomplished something else .
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I would like to start off by commenting on what chanelle said above. I feel that all of the psychologists have similar characteristics about their theories and ideas. They all follow a basic structure however the details will vary. I personally was drawn to Carl Jung's archetypes and they way he connected it to collective unconscious. The mother archetype especially stood out to me. I also found Jung's principle of entropy to be very interesting and how overtime the opposite energy dissipates. The last thing i found shockingly true was the extrovert/introvert test. At first I didn't think the test would be very accurate, however it managed to prove me wrong.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite neo-freudian is Erik Erikson. Mainly because of his name. Its funny because his first name is almost the same as his last name. His stages of development through life are quite intriguing. I like them because they continue on to a person's later years beyond 50. My favorite one is the 12-18 year old one. It is because with all of us being in that age range, you see a lot of what Erikson was talking about in school. You see people who are still trying to find who they really are and you see them jocking everyone else's swag.
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ReplyDeleteThe one with the best personalty theory, in my opinion, is Erik Erikson. The reason for this is due to his stages of life. Its like Freud's but more in depth. Freud stops at 18 years old and we all know we don't stay in the same stage until we die. There has to be more stages than that. Erik knows that and goes more in depth into the topic. He does what Freud failed to do, is understand the personality of a human THREW life, not just through the age of 18.
I agree with Mitchell. I believe the best theory is Erik Erikson. HE does go more in depth with his studies and i think he has more personal expierence with the stages because he ended up homeless at one point in his life. That expierence can alter his thinking. He knows that there must be more stages of life and he he uses his knowledge to uncover them from birth to death.
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I'm with the general consensus on this one. Erik Erickson's personality theory was the best out of the neo-freudians. And it was better than freud's to boot. I've got to agree with Mitchell here that Erickson's theory bests Freud's because our personalities aren't frozen after we finish puberty. Freud's theory says that if you're given a bad start in life you're permanently messed up, but Erickson's theory allows a person who had conflicts in previous stages to resolve them in the final stages of one's life.
ReplyDeleteI liked the chart layout that the theory was given in as well, the same division of development into stages was helpful in describing freud's theory. And it seems that this division does describe how we actually develop.
I have to agreee with the above comments. In my opinion Erik Erikson has the better theory. His theory was the best becuase it showed many progressive stages in a lifetime, and not just perverted sexist stages up until 18 like Freud. Like Luke said personalities aren't frozen after puberty. People don't just stop changing. Freuds and the others theories seem to be very limited to a certain type of people and be very narrow in it's view of humanity. Erickson's theory is derived from real experirence and an unsexist view of society and people.
ReplyDeleteI too agree with the majority of the posts abovein that Erik Erikson has the best ideas out of the neo-freudians. I believe that his chart on the stages of life reflects on todays society. I agree much more with Etik Eriksons belifs on the stages of life then that of Freuds. It makes more sense and i feel as if i relate more to Erikson's ideas then Freuds.
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I agree a lot with Chanelle on the topic. I agree that all of them have some of the same basic points in their theories, and they all somewhat correspond to one another. I think that out of all of them, Erik Erikson has the best theories on stages. I agree with Luke, how "growing up" or technically "changing" and developing your personality doesn't just stop after puberty. You're going to go through so many more things in life after that, that will change you or effect your growth and development, or even your views on things. With Erik Erikson, I think a lot of kids can relate to what he's saying with all the highschool stages and stuff.
ReplyDelete^^^^ that's marissa MAYO, not nero. Just to specify.
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ReplyDeleteI am posting this from my father's iPad, so please forgive any strange touchscreen based discrepancies.
While Jung is the coolest to think about as being true, I believe that erikson's theory of psychosocial stages is by far the best and most feasible of the neo-Freudian theories. The psychosocial stages of development are so brilliant because they are intuitive. Everybody, upon reading or hearing about his theories, recognizes them in their own lives. Everyone faces the struggle of finding one's self, and, in the end, everyone faces the struggle of recognizing their own mortality and coming to terms with their own humanity. His isolation of identity and place in the world as the catalyst of life in lieu of sex makes him, in my eyes, infinitely more feasible than Freud. By definition, though, the theories of erikson ennoble man in his search for meaning and identity, whereas the theories of Freud emphasize man as a carnal creature, and are thus distasteful to someone such as myself, who sees man as more than a base animal. They basically exhibit the ends of the spectrum in regards to the perception of man: as a civilized being or as a seething cauldron of instinctual desire.
Out of all the Neo-Freudians that we have studied over the past few weeks, the one who really intrigued me was Erik Erikson. Erikson's developmental theories are very realistic and can be further looked into rather than Freud's stages (infintile: oral and anal). Most people can really understand his theories and relate to them, as Cam said above, we do need to recognize our own mortality... Everyone does that at some point or another in their lives. Erikson does not put the emphasis on psychosexual stages of development, but more emphasis on the emotional and psychological stages of development. Because of this, he is more easily related to people. Freud's theories made him a 'pervert' but Erikson's theories made great strides in the field of psychology.
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ReplyDeleteAll of the psychologist theories, I believe, hold some truth to the evaluation of our personality. But I also believe that they are all a bit personalized to their own personalities. In that regard I find that the most accurate theory was the one created by Erik Erikson. I think that his theory was perhaps less personal and more of a correct analysis of the way everyone’s personality develops from childhood on. All of the theory’s I think are brilliant and do hold some truths, but in my opinion Erikson’s theory was the most exact.
Marissa N
ReplyDeleteOut of the four different Neo-Freudian I think the one that made most sense to me was Erik Erikson. The reason I liked his theory the most was because you could connect to everything he was saying. Like Anthony mentioned, we see a lot of this happening at school. There are people who are trying to find out who they are by hanging out with different groups of friends, and such. Not to mention the fact that Erik Erikson has a really cool name, however..that's not why I picked him.
i believe Erickson is the best theorist because he uses multiple life experiences from all over Europe. His chart of the life span of a person is very detailed and efficient. his chart spans from birth to death which is something no other theorist has done. also how he shows what directions you can go in each stage makes it very informational.
ReplyDeleteI really like Jung due to his amazing approach to the collective unconscious. I liked archetypes and how they are used as a way to see into the mind. Jung showed a very intelligent side to that that countered Freud in a positive way, even though their friendship was broken up soon after it began. Jung was a landmark in the expansion of the true sense of what psychology really is, back then and in the modern day.
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