PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY

Main ideas: All human behaviors have a root cause; personality is developed by both internal

processes and the external surrounding

Assessment: Freud believed that people's characters are explained by intrapsychic and

interpersonal processes that are out of an individual's conscious awareness as contributed by their

childhood memories.

Major issues with this perspective: The theory is extremely deterministic, it is sexist, and it had

initially omitted sexism, poverty, homophobia, and racism in its explanation

Your thoughts on this perspective: This theory is hard to prove, thus not scientific, and it does

not also explain a person’s ability to reason and control his character.

HUMANISTIC THEORY

Main ideas: The theory helps humans fulfill their potential and maximize their welfare

Assessment: It stresses the individual role and explains environmental influences.

Major issues with this perspective: Contributed to a new strategy for comprehending human

behaviors, and developed a new perspective on psychotherapy.

Your thoughts on this perspective: This theory empowers people, help them fulfill their

potential, and generally improve societies globally.

SOCIAL-COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

Main ideas: The theory is a crucial instrument in accounting for the change in an individual’s

behavior.

Assessment: Stresses the changing interaction between human beings, their behaviors, and their

surroundings.
Major issues with this perspective: It considers past human occurrences which determine the

occurrence of a behavior.

Your thoughts on this perspective: The theory postulate that past experiences determine

reinforcements and expectations

TRAIT PERSPECTIVE

Main ideas: The attribute view of character takes into account both a person's character and the

variety of capacities they possess

Assessment: The knowledge contained in the theory may be used by management to determine

where they stand within the company and ways to strengthen their role.

Major issues with this perspective: According this theory, individuals differ from one another

based on how strong their fundamental disposition aspects are.

Your thoughts on this perspective: The knowledge contained in the theory may be used by

management to determine where they stand within the company and ways to strengthen their

role.