Comparing Freuds and Adlers Personality Theories: Childhood Influences and Contrasting Approaches

Comparison of Theories Name Institution Date Sigmund Freud’s and Alfred Adler theories. Our attitudes and perceptions about human nature are shaped by our personal experiences, intuition, and social and cultural influences. Their personality tests have inspired theorists to define human nature using various approaches. Everybody has their personalities which define how they live their lives. Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler are two theorists with different experiences and personalities and have developed theories to explain human personality using various approaches. Talking about their biographies, Sigmund Freud was one of the most outspoken lads on personality analysis of all times, which to date his theory is used for reference. He was born in 1856 in Moravia in the Czech Republic but later moved to Vienna, which shaped his destiny. His father was authoritarian, while her mother was extremely protective, which is later manifested in his concept of the Oedipus Complex. According to (Schultz 2016), Freud’s mother took pride in young Sigmund, convinced he would become a great man. During his childhood, he exhibited high levels of intelligence, and his parents redirected their attention to him with love compared to his other siblings. In school, he was extraordinary; he spoke fluent English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Latin, and German and always topped his class. He was all around but eventually settled to pursue medicine as a career. He experimented on Cocaine while in medical school, making him have illusions about an imaginary life. He later published an article about the benefits of cocaine but was highly criticized, which he tried to erase in his lifetime. As a clinical neurologist in 1881, he began exploring the personalities of people who have emotional disorders (Schultz 2016). This led him to a sexual basis for neurosis, where he ascertained that childhood experiences as the primary cause of neuroses. He had a fearful sex life, which later influenced his personal life and succumbed to neuroses. This fueled him to develop the theory of personality. He was known for intrinsic and valuable ideas and published books, articles, and papers which gained a lot of attention. He later moved to America in 1909, where his work was received with recognition from the American Psychological community. In his final years, he was very successful, but his health deteriorated from cancer, and he had a life full of pain. He died in 1939 through sedation. Alfred Adler was born in1870. Contrary to Feud, his childhood was marked with illn