Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Some Theories of Personality Essay
Personality Introduction            There are a number of personalities that people display in life in accordance with different life situations that they encounter or are living in. The most common personality that a typical person is likely to display today that has been described by Sigmund Freud is that of ego. This is so because in the most part of our lives, we rely on unconscious part of mind (George, 2010). This part is the source reality of what can be afforded, how and when. It controls our desires on the basis of what we really should have at a particular time and if we cannot afford it at that time, the ego informs a person to postpone it for another day.            We are occasionally obliged to negate or repel becoming cognizant of some drives and thus, they in most cases manifest in a hidden form but the ego makes these drives real(George, 2010). Although human beings desire to have things that they think are of importance to them, this part of mind makes them aware of what they can afford or what they cannot afford. It is the ego that helps the typical person to relate things that he or she wants to the reality (Sow & Chan, 2010). It thus leads a person into looking for objects that can satisfy what he or she is in need of but because of the inability to acquire them, they compensate with some other source of satisfaction.            Relating to the world today, people are spending millions of money in search for self-realization through programs that are offered by several firms. These programs help them become enlightened and they quickly turn their lives around. To this end, these people feel that if they realize themselves, they will be able to live a happy life. They thus are willing to spend whatever the money they deem necessary to enroll in the programs that will help them realize themselves. Most of these individuals are wealthy or somewhat able of sustaining themselves if not wealthy but, they do not realize happiness in their wealth or ability. The only way they can get this happiness is through spending their money not on buying expensive possessions but by spending that money to seek for self-satisfaction (George, 2010).            Similarly, depending on the level of needs, most people are driven by a desire to accumulate wealth in their life. As they perceive, being wealthy means being happy because, they can afford to buy all that they desire with their wealth. Therefore, they would do anything within their power to satisfy their desire. Sometimes, the justified means of acquiring wealth that have been dictated by the society may not favor such individuals. They are, therefore, driven by their desires to create other means to achieve their goals. These other means may be lawful for example, through investing or starting a business or may be unlawful for example, the selling of drugs, corruption, stealing, and forceful amassing among other illegal means (Sow& Chan, 2010).            Unfortunately, when one desire is achieved, the body keeps on yearning for more. Such individuals form a disease out of a habit in the process of satisfying their motivations (Weiten et al, 2011). They thus identify by the means in which they achieve their desires and this suppresses their perception on the existing societal laws. If the activity that they achieve their desires through is unlawful, they think of it as lawful and usual. Later on, after such individuals accumulate more wealth, they realize that the wealth is not enough to make them happy. At this point, they invest in programs that are geared towards achieving self-realization (Weiten et al, 2011).            Such a personality affects a typical person’s behavior in several ways. First, he or she learns to balance between the lusty desires and the actual world expectations (Sow and Chan, 2010). When one is dominated by lusty desires, he or she is able to rationalize those desires through the use of ego personality. If the person allows the lusty desires personality to dominate, he or she goes against the societal norms or the stipulated laws. To this end, such a person is said to be a criminal.            Secondly, when an individual is driven by the desire to become wealthy through amassing of wealth either through conformity to stipulated laws or negating the laws, they are turned into wealth making machines whose role is to make wealth. This has contributed to failure in social structures such as the family because of the little time these individuals have to concentrate on building social relationships. No wonder the high rate of broken marriages and families. This has left the little children without the most basic contributors to their personality at early age namely; father and mother. Deficiency in personality development on children keeps on adding to the miseries of the world today (George, 2010).            Through engagement in illegal means of satisfying an individual’s desire, the rate of crimes in the country keeps on rising. It becomes difficult for the individual to do what is right because the part of personality that is responsible for informing is numbed from recognizing the right from the wrong. This is dangerous because the individual would do anything to maintain his source of wealth. No wonder there are many assassinations in places subjugated by illegal business such as the drug vending cartels (Sow& Chan, 2010). References George,B. (2006). Personality Theories. Found online at: htttp://www.social-psychology.de/do/pt_freud.pdf Sow, Gaik and Chan, Wai. (2010). Personality Development. Found online at: http://elearning.ibc.ac.th/sites/default/files/personality%20development_0.pdfWeiten, W.,Dunn, D. & Hammer, E.Y. (2011). Psychology Applied to Modern Life; Adjustment in the 21st Century: Tenth Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth-Cengage. Source document
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