Running head: INTERGRATIVE PERSONALITY 1
THEORY
Interactive Personality Theory
Name
PSY 330: Theories of
Personality Instructor:
Date
, INTEGRATIVE PERSONAL 2
THEORY
Introduction
Theories of personality tend to explain why people behave as they do. The development
of these theories is informed by the uniqueness that characterizes people’s behavior. As much as
some behavior patterns among people may be the same regardless of the relationship of the
people involved, every person has a unique set of personality traits or behavior that may not
replicate another person’s behavior in entirety.
In this paper, the different personality theories and concept will be analyzed concerning
the applicability of their major concepts. In the analysis, the personality theory concepts will be
divided into two groups, the major and the excluded concepts respectively. Besides, the paper
will cover the healthy and unhealthy personality and the roles of heredity, the environment, and
epigenetics in the shaping of personality. The paper ends with an assessment and the
measurement of the personality theory concepts and a reflection on the practical application of
the personality theories.
Major concepts
Psychodynamic Model concept
The psychodynamic model concept is a systemized presentation of the psychological
forces that inform personal behavior. According to the model, there is an interplay between the
conscious and unconscious aspects of a person’s being in defining the person’s behavior (Lecci,
2013). The psychodynamic model is based on Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. In his
theory, Freud believed that the human mind is divided into three parts, the conscious mind, the
subconscious part and the unconscious part (Lecci, 2013).
THEORY
Interactive Personality Theory
Name
PSY 330: Theories of
Personality Instructor:
Date
, INTEGRATIVE PERSONAL 2
THEORY
Introduction
Theories of personality tend to explain why people behave as they do. The development
of these theories is informed by the uniqueness that characterizes people’s behavior. As much as
some behavior patterns among people may be the same regardless of the relationship of the
people involved, every person has a unique set of personality traits or behavior that may not
replicate another person’s behavior in entirety.
In this paper, the different personality theories and concept will be analyzed concerning
the applicability of their major concepts. In the analysis, the personality theory concepts will be
divided into two groups, the major and the excluded concepts respectively. Besides, the paper
will cover the healthy and unhealthy personality and the roles of heredity, the environment, and
epigenetics in the shaping of personality. The paper ends with an assessment and the
measurement of the personality theory concepts and a reflection on the practical application of
the personality theories.
Major concepts
Psychodynamic Model concept
The psychodynamic model concept is a systemized presentation of the psychological
forces that inform personal behavior. According to the model, there is an interplay between the
conscious and unconscious aspects of a person’s being in defining the person’s behavior (Lecci,
2013). The psychodynamic model is based on Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. In his
theory, Freud believed that the human mind is divided into three parts, the conscious mind, the
subconscious part and the unconscious part (Lecci, 2013).
