Adler's Integrative Personality Theory

Integrative personality theory

Human beings are wonderfully complex and unique, and for a great many years, personality theorists such as Sigmund Freud and Eric Erickson. They tried to answer the question of why do people act the way that they do. Some psychologists and scientists studying human personality offer a broad variety of possible answers, including researching genetic makeup, experiences and environment. “Human development can be understood as the interaction between biological, sociohistorical, and social conditions, and individual developmental actions.” (Grob, 2016).

Personalities, and what they mean in understand people better has been a hot topic for many theorists for a long time. “Unlike many fields of psychology, personality research has been a truly international enterprise for many decades.” (Allik, 2013) The following theories of personality that will be looked at will show their importance regarding the development of human personality. The definitions will offer an idea on why these concepts of personality are important, and the influence they each may have on the theories of personality. Each of the concepts provided may help scientists to really look at the uniqueness of the people they may be working with.

Included Concepts

Psychodynamic Model

I have chosen to examine Alfred Adler and his inferiority complex

These types of individuals don’t get upset at the least little thing and can generally roll with the punches. These personality types usually respond to stressful situations with grace and can manage everyday stressors, and recognize dangerous situations. People with a healthy personality can see their environment and know the difference between negative and positive situations that may occur., People that have an unhealthy personality, reacts in the exact opposite way as an individual with a healthy