Personality and Freud: Principle Theories and Theorists
According to Freud, in his famous psychoanalytic theory, the human personality is complicated with more than one component, which encompasses the superego, the ego and the id as the primary principles. Each principle contributes to the uniqueness of human personality and interacts in a way to have a powerful influence on an individual with each element of personality emerging at different stages of life (Tatubeket, 2017). Freud argues that some elements of the human personality are more primal and, as a result, tend to force an individual to act upon the most basic urges. In contrast, other elements of personality work to suppress the primal urge and forces one to conform to the demand so f reality. The biological theory best explains Freud’s argument.
Biological theories show that mood disorders occur to people who are biologically related, and genetic factors contribute to individual personalities such as bipolar disorders (Whitbournen & Halgin, 2015). Our personalities, such as depressive moods, are therefore significantly affected by our genetic components that interact with environmental factors in complex ways to come up with our unique personalities. According to Freud, the id is psychic energy that makes the primary composition of ore personalities, and it is biologically transferred. Depending on the genetic components passed down to us, we can develop different moody personalities that we have no control over. Starting from the id, ego to superego, it is evident that our genetics composition plays a crucial role in immoulding our personalities and perception of things ins society. Therefore, the complexity of the human personality is greatly influenced by their biological makeup that s the genes they inherit from their parents.
References
Tatubeket, I. K. (2017). Psychological Analysis On Freud’s Personality Theory On Popov And Smirnov’s Dynamic Characters As Seen In The Bear By Anton Chekov. Jurnal Ilmiah Langue and Parole, 1(1), 68-86.
Whitbourne, S. K., & Halgin, R. P. (2015). Abnormal psychology. McGraw-Hill. Retrieved from http://ecommerce-prod.mheducation.com.s3.amazonaws.com/unitas/highered/sample-chapters/9781260500196.pdf