Amber Ryan/Stokes June 23, 2012 PSY/250 Michele Montgomery University Of Phoenix

Psychoanalytical Personality Assessment Everybody is unique or special in one form or another and each personality has a theory. For many years psychologists have based theories upon individuals and I the writer will compare and contrast three well known psychologists Sigmund Freud, Alfred Alder, and Carl Jung. Sigmund Freud was one of the greatest psychologists in time he Alder and Jung’s theories were very similar but then again very different. Within these theories we will discuss characteristics with which I agree and disagree with, explore the stages of Freud’s theory explaining characteristics of personality using stage components and describe the uses of mechanisms using real life experiences. The hypothesis Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, and Carl Jung were in agreement with is that human behavior is determined by an individual’s past experiences and childhood experiences which paint his or her impression on events and the world at large. Adler believed in individual psychology, Freud believed in the theory of psychosexual development and Jung analytical psychology. Freud dichotomized three characteristics of personality to id, ego and superego. The id or “it” worships the pleasure principle its sole purpose is to satisfy desire and release tension. Our ego or “I” ordain according to the reality principle meaning we learn to adopt, plan and act to the world around us to solve real problems. The superego is thought to be somewhat like our conscience but deeper. Our superego helps determine the realistic options in which we satisfy our inner drives and morals. The Jungian theory was also divided into three different parts the conscious ego, the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. The conscious ego is similar to Freud’s; however, Jung