personality a drawing power that “Your mental attitude gives your entire

attracts the circumstances, things and personality a drawing power that

people you think about most!” attracts the circumstances, things and
people you think about most!”

Teacher: Mrs. Angelina Grapa Teacher: Mrs. Angelina Grapa

Section: G (AH 212- MWF) Section: G (AH 212- MWF)

Intern Name: Richjimmychel “RJ” Intern Name: Richjimmychel “RJ”

Personality
 Originates from the Latin persona,
which means mask. Significantly, in
the theatre of the ancient Latin-
speaking world, the mask was not
used as a plot device to disguise the
identity of a character, but rather was
a convention employed to represent or
typify that character.
 was the founder of Psychoanalytic
Approach
 was a neurologist born in Austria
during the Victorian era.
 According to Freud (1917), personality
has three structures: the id, the ego,
and the superego.
- id, person's source of psychic energy

, is unconscious, has no contact

 Can be defined as a dynamic and
organized set of characteristics
possessed by a person that uniquely
influences his or her cognitions,
motivations, and behaviors in various
situations (Ryckman, 2004).
The different nature of Personality:
 Psychoanalytic Defense Mechanism
1. One strategy (used in ordinary language)
2. Second strategy (used in concept involves
dissecting the parts of the word, its root and
its affixes.
3. Third strategy (the etymological as well as
the sociocultural meaning)
with reality with reality, and is child-
like in its demands for gratification,
always seeking pleasure and avoiding
pain.
- ego, is governed by reality principle.
-superego, addresses the moral
consideration of individual actions.
- Defense Mechanism, refer to
people's unconscious ways of dealing
with conflict.
- Repression, works to push
unacceptable impulses

- Dr. Virgilio G. Enriquez, recognized as the

“father of Sikolohiyang Pilipino,” used this
approach when opted for the term
Pagkiatao(rather than the more static
concept of katauhan or the assimilated
concept of personalidad)in referring to the
meaning personality in the Philippine
context.

The Three Major Forces in the Study of

Personality:

Psychoanalytic Approach

 Theories explain human behavior in

terms of the interaction of various
components of personality.

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)