Axia College Material

Appendix D
TV Character Evaluation
Part I

Write a summary of 350-700 words identifying the contributions of Freud, Jung, and Rogers.

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Freud contributions is the personality development theory emphasizing the id – which

deals with the primitive human instincts , the ego – which deals with the real world , and
superego which is the basis of the moral conscience for the individual. Freud
conceptualized the personality development which he believed was developed in ways to
satisfy sexual instinct during course of life as craving sensual pleasure of all kinds of
energy generated by libido. Freud also explained the defense mechanisms used by
individuals to cope during the personality development.

Carl Jung as follower of Freud mostly agreed with his tenets, but expanded the role of
“unconscious”. Jung explained that libido represents all life forces, not just sexual ones as
Freud theorized. Jung’s contribution include seeing the unconscious ego’s source of
strength and vitality believing that the unconscious consists of personal unconscious and
collective unconscious. Personal unconscious includes repressed thoughts, forgotten
experiences and undeveloped ideas, which may enter consciousness if an incident triggers
recall. The collective unconscious comprises memories and behavior patterns that are
inherited from past generations and shared by all humans. Jung has developed the
Archetypes which are thought forms common to all human beings, stored in collective
unconscious-appears in our thoughts as mental images. Jung defined the two attitude
types: extroverts who focus on social life and external world instead of internal
experience, and introverts who usually focus on personal thoughts and feelings. Jung
divided people into rational individuals-regulate actions by thinking and feeling and
irrational who base actions on perceptions either through sense or through intuitions.

Carl Rogers’ contributions elaborated on men and women developing personalities in

service of positive goals. According to Rogers, the actualizing tendency is the drive of
every organism to fulfill its biological potential and become what they are inherently
capable of becoming. It is a drive of human beings to fulfill their self-concepts, or the
images they have of themselves. For s person to be fully functioning person, his self-
concept must closely resemble his or her inborn capacities or potentials. Individuals
brought up with unconditional positive regard with full acceptance and love of another
person regardless of own behavior tend to become more fully functioning.

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Part II

Choose three of your favorite television characters; past or present.

Complete the following matrix describing the characters’ personalities from the
point of view of the three theorists, Jung, Freud, and Rogers.

TV Character Jung Rogers Freud

1.Harry (Harry He is a magical Harry is a character Harry represents the
Potter) hero. who lost contact “Ego” mediating
with actualization between Ron
and was left to (representing Id)
figure out life on his and Hermione
own. (representing
- Harry has Superego) to find an
childhood acceptable balance.
experiences that
affected his
personality
development. ...
2.Angela Chase Angela is a Angela is a fully Angela superego is
(My So-Called Life) character exhibiting functional person; battling with her id
control on balance someone who is over the agonizing
and harmony. open to all decision to have sex.
experiences, even
painful ones.
3. Superman -A hero character Superman is a fully -Superman is a
functional person character of fantasy
capable of doing all created for the
such good deeds. fulfillment of a wish
and a correction of
unsatisfying reality.

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