Psychodynamic Theory is based on the premise that human behavior and relationships are shaped by conscious and unconscious. Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, and Erik H. Ericson are theorists who include the dynamic movement of psychological forces, but also have his or her own differences.
The psychodynamic theory suggested by Freud is that the personality of a person is developed by the psychosexual development. This process is believed that each individual develops his or her personality by the influences surrounding them during the stages of the psychosexual development. Freud’s theory is that there are several psychodynamic theories and that each has a number of theories in common. Each is known for teaching personality traits that are characterized by a dynamic struggle between different elements within each personality.
Earlier, it was said that the premises that human behavior and relationships are shaped by is the conscious and unconscious. The preconscious mind is the elements of the mind that experience that are out of our awareness, but can become conscious if one were to focus on them. The unconscious it that to which is biologically based instincts, and give rise to unacceptable urges or impulses are repressed if kept out of awareness (Nevid & Rathus, 2002).
The psychodynamic theory has three structures; the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is said to be present at birth and contains drives like sex and aggression which controls the unconscious. The ego happens in the first years of life and it is the way to which we rationalize ways of coping strategies, which have not developed yet. The superego is also in early childhood and is the ideals of one’s self and can act like the conscience. It is the values that one develops from parents and is the process of identification.
Other stages such as psychosexual development, Freud were of the belief that sexual motivation in personality...