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Appendix D

TV Character Evaluation

Part I

Write a summary of 350-700 words identifying the contributions of Freud, Jung, and Rogers

Sigmond Freud had many contributions as a psychologist to the world of psychology. Some of them start with the foundation that early childhood played an important role in the development of the personality. He emphasized that during each individuals lifetime there are certain defense mechanisms that are developed that are carried on into adulthood. Freud also felt very strongly that sex drive is a powerful human motive and his emphasis on sex drive as a primary motive was a weakness to the personality. Freuds contributions was based a lot on the unconscious mind.

Carl Jung’s contribution was founding analytical psychology. His foundation was based on efforts to understand and engage the person as a whole. He based it on the value of each persons creative forces that are within and each persons development toward wholeness. Jung also believed that the unconscious had a way of manifesting itself in the form of dreams and that each individual takes on their own personality types. He believed that there are two types of people; introverts and extroverts.

Carl Rogers had many contributions to the world of psychology as well. He was the founder of The Humanistic Approach. Rogers believed that in the counselor-client world as well as any relationship that if there is unconditional positive regard, genuineness and empathy present growth and psychological healing would occur. Rogers approach emphasized on person centered psychotherapy and defined two basic types of learning. The meaningless or cognitive learning which is basically memorization and significant learning which is applied knowledge. He believed that each person is born with our own self concept and that we seek out our