Monday, May 16, 2011

B2 QUESTION #8

What do you think of Freud's personality theory?

35 Comments:

Blogger Ellie said...

It's hard to pin point personality like that because everyone is so different. I don't think that you can figure out someones personality just by asking them a couple of questions.

May 17, 2011 at 7:31 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think Freud's personality theory is absolutely right. How we can act like animals but yet we do it in a civilized way. That's just how we were raised so therefore we know how to control our animal instincts.

May 18, 2011 at 3:25 PM  
Blogger Taylor said...

I think the Id, the Ego, and the Superego are very correct. The Id telling us what we want now. Everyone has done something that they wanted without thinking of the consequences. We learn though and the Superego tells us that we can't be so quick to do without thinking. The Ego being the mediator, finding the balance between the two. Makes perfect sense to me. Penis envy on the other hand, I'm not so sure about.

May 18, 2011 at 4:24 PM  
Blogger DenverHarward said...

I think that everyone is unique, and although patterns can be found, it's the personality that cause when the potty-training, etc occurs, not the other way around.

May 18, 2011 at 4:49 PM  
Blogger Austin A said...

yeah the whole id, ego, and superego thing is pretty accurate if you ask me. now the penis envy thing. now thats a load of it. plus its too awkward of a subject to debate on anyways. also i thought the colors thing was perfectly precise. it was spot on and made perfect sense to me

May 18, 2011 at 10:47 PM  
Blogger Ellie said...

I think there are parts to most theories that are correct. I think there is some truth to the ego and superego helping us be civilized. I am pretty sure libido is NOT our only motivating factor in life though! I also think different stages and things that occur can influence us a lot, but that's not the only deciding factor of personality.

May 19, 2011 at 6:52 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I think it has some good points and some bad. But really it's hard to narrow it down that precisely because all of us are so different. I do believe in the Id, ego, and superego they are really what makes us a complete person. Yet argue same time I really don't think that the only thing that keeps us going is our sex drive, children don't act how they do because they have a sex drive I think it's a lot more then that. I just think every human is a lot more complicated then that.

May 19, 2011 at 6:53 PM  
Blogger Hannah Lynnette Broach said...

He definitely has some interesting theories, but I don’t necessarily agree with all of them. I agree with the idea of an Id, Ego and Superego, but I don’t think our sex drive is the only thing pushing us to live our lives. I also think that the idea that when we are potty trained is a determining factor in our personalitly is also a little strange. I would think that it would be the other way around. And to me its seems like there should be more things making up a personality, like heredity and how a person is raised, not just when a child is potty trained and when they are weaned.

May 19, 2011 at 9:44 PM  
Blogger joanna said...

I think it has some good points and some bad. But really it's hard to narrow it down that precisely because all of us are so different.I think the Id, the Ego, and the Superego are very correct.

May 20, 2011 at 8:18 AM  
Blogger sammythacker said...

I think there are some good points to it and there are some bad things to it as well. There are some things that make total sense but a lot of the things i don't think he is correct on. Yes it is hard to say everything is true or everything is not true because no one else really has any better theories than him.

May 20, 2011 at 9:03 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I don't think that humans are animals or that we are evolved from animals. I also think that how a baby weens or potty trains doesn't determine their personality. I think that personality is determines how well the do these tasks.

May 20, 2011 at 10:37 AM  
Blogger Johans said...

I believe some of it like id ego and superego just thinking about it its kind of true the animal personality is something to think about that's why there's killers in the world because there inner animal kicks in I also think the color survey is accurate

May 22, 2011 at 12:06 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Frueds theroy makes alot of sense to me as a person. I agree almost 100% of what he seen in people. as a young kid going to therapist she pointed out some of his theorys being possiblitys of why i felt the way i did

May 22, 2011 at 5:53 PM  
Blogger Joe Ditzler said...

It's so interesting, but whether it's not perfected yet or because a human can't be holistically broken down like that, I don't think it's ready/comprehensive.
As it is now, it seems more like a helpful or a fun tool instead of the aggregate system that it should be.

May 22, 2011 at 6:54 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I don't think that libido fully determines how we turn out to be. there are a lot of other factors to who we become and how we act. but the whole color thing we did worked out very well, the people in the groups were a lot like how they said in the book.

May 23, 2011 at 5:32 PM  
Blogger Rachel said...

I think Freud's personality theory is correct. everything he has ever said has actually happened in human life. If Freud was still living today I think he would still be making thoughts about peoples lives today.

May 24, 2011 at 9:10 AM  
Blogger Rachel said...

I think Freud's personality theory is correct. everything he has ever said has actually happened in human life. If Freud was still living today I think he would still be making thoughts about peoples lives today.

May 24, 2011 at 9:11 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree with his personality theory because it is correct. We are civilized animals, although we are all civilized in different ways. Freud is a genius, and we should all thank him for his wisdom. :D

May 24, 2011 at 12:59 PM  
Blogger Derek said...

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May 24, 2011 at 4:17 PM  
Blogger Derek said...

i dont completely agree with his theory! peoples experience are what help shape your personality! not everyones ID, EGO, and super EGO are the same!

May 24, 2011 at 4:17 PM  
Blogger David said...

Freud's philosophies are scientifically unprovable. By this, they can not necessarily be considered correct. They are certainly reasonable. Many of the parts, such as the ID, Ego and Super Ego make good sense. I also personally think that the stuff about the different stages makes sense too. It's hard to say because you can't prove it. The thing about the sex drive part of it is I think we think of sex drive differently than how Freud intended us to. I think it is more like a species-wide survival instinct. We aren't "horny," we just want to perpetuate the species and make life better for our posterity.

May 24, 2011 at 4:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think he's right about some stuff and wrong about othe things. the id and the ego totally makes sence!!! but when he says tha everything we do is driven by sex is totally wrong. im sure i don't go to school to have sex, because then i would just fail all of my classes

May 24, 2011 at 6:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think he's right about some stuff and wrong about othe things. the id and the ego totally makes sence!!! but when he says tha everything we do is driven by sex is totally wrong. im sure i don't go to school to have sex, because then i would just fail all of my classes

May 24, 2011 at 6:10 PM  
Blogger Caitlin said...

I kind of think he is full of it. The fact that he thinks almost everything has to do with some kind of sexual thing I do not agree with. I think some stuff sounds like it could be a factor, like the potty training and such, but most of his stuff I don't agree with.

May 24, 2011 at 7:24 PM  
Blogger Tessa said...

I believe that Freud just made observations and gave those observations explanations. I don't agree that all of our personality is formed by the time we are in preadolescence as I know I have shaped a lot in the past few years. I don't think that we are purely driven by sex drive, there are a whole lot more reasons for accomplishing things. I do agree with his observations just not completely his theories for those observations.

May 24, 2011 at 8:13 PM  
Blogger carmel said...

I honestly think this theory is very accurate. We have to start somewhere at a young age finding ourselves, and finding our personality. I think he was trying to show the stages in life when our personality changes in numerous ways

May 24, 2011 at 8:44 PM  
Blogger Austin said...

Freud's personality theory is very accurate. Our Ego is the one that controls our actions according to Freud and I believe it is correct. The Id and superego is also correct. Overall Freud did a very good job on his personality theory. There is still room for improvement though.

May 24, 2011 at 8:44 PM  
Blogger besser said...

I think that it has it's good points and it's bad points too. Because we're all different so I think that different yuk gs apply to different people. Because everyone had different personalities. And that's what makes everyone an individual. But yes some of his points are true. But like I said it only applies to some people not all.

May 24, 2011 at 10:05 PM  
Blogger Melissa said...

everyone is different so it's hard to say that everyone is under the exact same circumstances. but, i think he's correct in some aspects.

May 24, 2011 at 10:06 PM  
Blogger Ashley said...

I think his theories were really interesting and made a lot of sense. it could be the case for the majority of people, but things like the electra effect and penis envy i doubt happens to everyone, i sure as crap dont remember having any thoughts like that when i was little.

May 24, 2011 at 10:28 PM  
Blogger shelby said...

Some of freuds theories made perfect sense to me at first, like the affect on personality when you wean or potty train a child too early, or too late. Then, after some thought, I began to wonder if it was the other way around. Like they were early or late because of their personality. So I still ponder his theories on that, but the id, ego, and super ego make a lot of sense to me.

May 25, 2011 at 2:00 AM  
Blogger koltin said...

It's hard to believe with some of the things Freud says about how our psersonalities are formed. Things like boys fear castration from fathers or girls have penis envy and that humans are driven by sexual desires throughout our lives. This is what's confusing about the phallic stage. I do believe that our subconscious does make us donthings without our knowing. But the things he says about potty training and breast feeding I can believe. Overal its what you want to believe.

May 25, 2011 at 7:49 AM  
Blogger Erika said...

I think that there are parts of this theory that are correct. Also, I think that libido is not our only motivating factor in life.

May 25, 2011 at 2:24 PM  
Blogger B.Woodward said...

I think he is mostly right with the id/superego/ego theory and defense mechanisms, but the stages of development theory is way off. We don't do things just because of our libido.

May 25, 2011 at 7:54 PM  
Blogger Curtis and Susan said...

I believe that freud's personality theory is pretty dang accurate. I noticed that the personality trait that I got was actually really what described me. I not only noticed it with myself but with other people too that I have known for a long time. I noticed that their's was accurate to their personality too.

May 30, 2011 at 10:02 PM  

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