Personality Theories
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Personality Theories
Domingo Contreras Jr.
University of Phoenix
Personality Theories
Conducting examinations between the Humanistic theory and the Trait theory has revealed that the two theories have many differences and very few similarities between them. Both the humanistic theory and the trait theory agree that a person’s attitude or personality is established in some sort of way by the choices and decisions we make. When in fact both the humanistic and trait theory both appear to take different directions on a person’s characteristic from two totally different approaches which neither direction lead to common understandings.
The Humanistic theory of personality is said to have little to no scientific or even a reliable testable theory which examines each person’s individual uniqueness. Another fact is that each individual views the outside world from many unique perspectives. This theory researches the action each person places on taking responsibility of the choices they make. Again how a person’s choices affect the views that have a significant effect in the direction it will take one’s life. This theory seems to focus on how outside interference affects how one’s behavior will be. It is also said to have little to almost no concentration on a person’s personality trait that affects that person’s motivation which drives a person’s behavior. The humanistic theory is said to have been invented from an existentialist philosophy that is defined by a person’s life to be determined by the choices a person makes and that we are not destined by predetermined fate. An interesting fact in the humanistic theory is that this theory allows that a person’s behavior can be influenced by others that place conditions on how a person’s life is worth, which can have destructive effects on a person’s self-esteem. On the other hand a person with high self-esteem is one that lets no interference have an effect and stays true to...
Personality Theories
Domingo Contreras Jr.
University of Phoenix
Personality Theories
Conducting examinations between the Humanistic theory and the Trait theory has revealed that the two theories have many differences and very few similarities between them. Both the humanistic theory and the trait theory agree that a person’s attitude or personality is established in some sort of way by the choices and decisions we make. When in fact both the humanistic and trait theory both appear to take different directions on a person’s characteristic from two totally different approaches which neither direction lead to common understandings.
The Humanistic theory of personality is said to have little to no scientific or even a reliable testable theory which examines each person’s individual uniqueness. Another fact is that each individual views the outside world from many unique perspectives. This theory researches the action each person places on taking responsibility of the choices they make. Again how a person’s choices affect the views that have a significant effect in the direction it will take one’s life. This theory seems to focus on how outside interference affects how one’s behavior will be. It is also said to have little to almost no concentration on a person’s personality trait that affects that person’s motivation which drives a person’s behavior. The humanistic theory is said to have been invented from an existentialist philosophy that is defined by a person’s life to be determined by the choices a person makes and that we are not destined by predetermined fate. An interesting fact in the humanistic theory is that this theory allows that a person’s behavior can be influenced by others that place conditions on how a person’s life is worth, which can have destructive effects on a person’s self-esteem. On the other hand a person with high self-esteem is one that lets no interference have an effect and stays true to...