Essay: Psychodynamic and humanistic theories
Essay: Psychodynamic and humanistic theories
You read the personality chapter, you will find out that personality is defined in different terms very much dependent on the theorist behind it. You will also find that the main concepts differ and at times contradict a theory and another.
Getting used to your scholarly level of contribution, I want to challenge you to choose two theories to master, and then apply them to what I anticipate to be a lively dialogue between the makers of each of the theories. So your assignment this week sounds simple: read the chapter, love two theories, and provide a dialogue using the main concepts of the theory to explain your case. For example, if your preference is psychoanalysis and humanistic, I want you to base it on the theory and in about five hundred words explain it as a dialogue between Freud and Rogers (the fathers of psychodynamic and humanistic theories respectively), assuming what is really going on with you as you stress to succeed in your college life and education.I think you will get a super understanding of the theory if you highlight similarities and differences if any in their approaches and conclusions. You can choose to have a variety of combination and you can make it really fun and informative.
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