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How different personality theories explain human differences
- 1. How different theories explain human differences
- 2. A snake in the garden
- 6. Six Personality Perspectives The six personality theories are psychodynamic, behaviorism, humanism, biological, traits and social cognitive schools of thoughts. Let us use the six personality perspectives to explore the differences in responding to a snake in the garden by Ali, Shawn and Peter
- 7. Psychodynamic theories Ali panicked could be triggered by the subconscious mind. He could have been bitten by a snake in the past. Shawn is comfortable with the snake because he could have kept a snake as a pet in his childhood days. It explains why he is happily playing with the snake.
- 8. Psychodynamic theories Peter on seeing a snake took a knife and killed It. His action could be triggered from his loss of a good friend bitten by a poisonous snake depressed in his unconscious mind.
- 9. Behaviourist theories Ali panicked because he could see with his own eyes how a snake attacked his friends and landed up in hospital for a few days. He has learned from that incident that snake is dangerous. Shawn is playing with the snake because he has recognized that the snake in the garden is harmless and not dangerous.
- 10. Behaviorist theories Peter has recognized the same type of snake killing his friend. Without hesitation he took a knife and kill it.
- 11. Humanistic theories Ali panicked because of his survival instinct. Shawn loves snakes. It explain why he is happily playing with it. Peter killed the snake to protect others from harm.
- 12. Biological and evolutionary theories Ali panicked because of he has inherited a cowardly gene from a member of the family of his ancestors. Shawn has inherited a playful and altruism gene. It explain why Shawn loves snakes. Peter inherited an aggressive gene. Upon seeing the snake he becomes violent and kill it.
- 13. Trait theories The traits theorist uses adjectives to describe Ali, Shawn and Peter responses to the snake. In this incident the traits theorists will Describe Ali as faint-hearted and cowardly, Shawn as playful and adventurous and Peter as cruel and violent.
- 14. Social Cognitive Theories Ali, Shawn and Peter reactions could be different as they have choices to response to a snake. Upon seeing the snake in the garden, they would use their cognitive abilities to generate alternatives, analyze, predict and anticipate the consequences of each alternative before they response or react to the snake.
- 15. Conclusion. In conclusion, there is a need to integrate the six schools of personality perspectives via psychodynamic, behaviorism, humanism, biological, traits and cognitive approaches to explain not only the what we do but also why we behave the way we do thus enabling us to interpret human differences more comprehensively, objectively and accurately.
- 16. How different theories explain human differences
Editor's Notes
- I am delighted today to explain how different personality theories interpret human differences. Let's discuss the reactions of 3 characters namely Ali, Shawn and Peter after seeing a snake in the garden.
- Can you see snakes? Let's find out how Ali, Shawn, and Peter responded to this snake.
- This is Ali. He saw a snake in his garden. The picture shows that he panicked slip and fall on the snake.
- This is Shawn. He picks up the snake in the garden and play with it.
- Peter’s reaction is different. He pick up a knife and kill the snake.
- The six personality theories are psychodynamic, behaviorism, humanism, biological, traits and social cognitive schools of thoughts. Let us use the six personality perspectives to explore the differences in responding to a snake in the garden by Ali, Shawn and Peter
- According to the psychodynamic theory, Ali panicked could be triggered by the subconscious mind. He could have been bitten by a snake in the past. Shawn is comfortable with the snake because he could have kept a snake as a pet in his childhood days. It explains why he is happily playing with the snake.
- Peter on seeing a snake took a knife and killed It. His action could be triggered from his loss of a good friend bitten by a poisonous snake depressed in his unconscious mind.
- Behaviourists explain Ali panicked because he could see with his own eyes how a snake attacked his friends and landed up in hospital for a few days. He has learned from that incident that snake is dangerous. Shawn is playing with the snake because he has recognized that the snake in the garden is harmless and not dangerous.
- Peter has recognized the same type of snake killing his friend. Without hesitation he took a knife and kill it.
- The humanistic theorists clarify that Ali panicked because of his survival instinct. Shawn loves snakes. It explain why he is happily playing with it. Peter killed the snake to protect others from harm.
- According to the biological theory, Ali panicked because of he has inherited a cowardly gene from a member of the family of his ancestors. Shawn has inherited a playful and altruism gene. It explain why Shawn loves snakes. Peter inherited an aggressive gene. Upon seeing the snake he becomes violent and kill it
- The traits theorist uses adjectives to describe Ali, Shawn and Peter responses to the snake. In this incident the traits theorists will Describe Ali as faint-hearted and cowardly, Shawn as playful and adventurous and Peter as cruel and violent.
- The social cognitive theorists posit that there is a mental process of Ali, Shawn and Peter between the between seeing the snake in the garden (stimuli) and their reponses. Ali, Shawn and Peter reactions could be different as they have choices to response to a snake. Upon seeing the snake in the garden, they would use their cognitive abilities to generate alternatives, analyze, predict and anticipate the Consequences of each alternative before they response or react to the snake.