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Appendix D
TV Character Evaluation
Part I
Write a summary of 350-700 words identifying the contributions of Freud !ung and "ogers#
Whene$er % thin& of psycho'ogy % thin& of (igmund Freud# (igmund Freud 'i$ed from 1)5*-1+3+
and is said to be the most inf'uentia' psycho'ogist# (igmund Freud contributed to psychodynamic
theories in a number of ways# (igmund Freud argued that there was more to psycho'ogy than
,ust thoughts and fee'ings# (igmund Freud offered that e$en the unconscious was part of ideas
fee'ings and thoughts as we'' e$en though we are not norma''y aware of these things# -his idea
he'ped form the idea of psychoana'ysis# (igmund Freud a'so theori.ed that persona'ity is formed
around three specific structures# -hese structures are the id ego and the superego# (igmund
Freud a'so has his own theories of persona'ity de$e'opment# /e says that there are stages
throughout an indi$idua'0s 'ife that focus on the way in which we satisfy the sexua' instinct during
the course of 'ife# (igmund Freud says that there are fi$e stages tota' in his psychosexua'
theory# -he stages are ca''ed the ora' stage the ana' stage the pha''ic stage the 'atency period
and then fina''y the genita' stage#
1ar' !ung was another one of the great psycho'ogica' theorist# /e agreed with (igmund Freud0s
theories to inc'ude his theory of the unconscious thoughts in human beha$ior# 2ne of !ung0s own
origina' concept was the theory of co''ecti$e unconscious# -his theory said that memories and
beha$ior patterns are inherited from past generations and are therefore shared by a'' humans#
/e added to his theory by saying that ,ust as humans ha$e e$o'$ed so ha$e thought forms# !ung
went on to di$ide peop'e into two genera' attitude types# -he first of the two types is intro$erts#
%ntro$erts are more caught up in their own pri$ate wor'd# -hey are the ones that are unsocia' and
usua''y 'ac& se'f confidence when dea'ing with peop'e# -he other type is extra$erts# 3xtra$erts
are the types of peop'e that must be out in the wor'd# -hey en,oy ,oining in e$ents and ta&e an
interest in peop'e around them#
-he 'ast psycho'ogist is 1ar' "ogers# 1ar' "ogers is one of the most prominent humanistic
theorists# /e said that men and women de$e'op their own persona'ities in the ser$ice of their
own persona' goa's# /e a'so said that e$ery organism is born with certain innate capabi'ities#
"ogers a'so be'ie$ed that the goa' of 'ife is to become the best of whate$er each of us is
inherent'y capab'e of becoming# "ogers ca''ed this theory actua'i.ing tendency# Another theory
that 1ar' "ogers estab'ished was a theory of unconditiona' and conditiona' positi$e regard#
"ogers a'so stated that when peop'e 'ose sight of their inborn potentia' which they become
constricted rigid and e$en defensi$e#
Appendix D
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Part II
1hoose three of your fa$orite te'e$ision characters5 past or present#
1omp'ete the fo''owing matrix describing the characters0 persona'ities from the point of $iew of the
three theorists !ung Freud and "ogers#

-6 1haracter !ung "ogers Freud
1#Anima' 7uppet -his indi$idua'
persona'ity is 8uiet
remar&ab'e# -his
9:erson; has a $ery
extra$ert attitude# %
fee' that his
archetypes are $ery
prima'
-his indi$idua' has no
persona' goa's of
which % can see other
than p'aying the
drums# % am sure that
there is more that he
is capab'e of but time
wi'' show us#
% fee' that this sub,ect
is 'ac&ing in the rea'ity
princip'e# % fee' that
his ego is somehow
stuc& in a chi'd'i&e
state#
4#(he'don 1ooper -his indi$idua' seems
to be $ery intro$ert
with his attitude# /e
&eeps 'arge'y to
himse'f or with a c'ose
c'i8ue of friends#
Dr (he'don 1ooper
has seemed to fu'fi''
his capabi'ities# /e is
a Dr of :hysics and
wor&s at a uni$ersity
creating new theories#
% fee' that this person
is a Fu''y functioning
person# % fee' that he
is a'so a chi'd of
conditiona' positi$e
regard by the way he
describes his
chi'dhood#
Dr (he'don 1ooper is
a remar&ab'e
indi$idua'# /e was a
$ery 'arge ego and an
o$er compensating
rea'ity princip'e# Dr
1ooper seems to 'imit
himse'f of p'easure to
ensure that his rea'ity
is firm#
3#"ic& <rimes -his person seems at
one point to be an
extra$ert type but
with the e$ents that
ha$e happened in his
'ife seem to change
him into a more
intro$ert attitude#
Deputy "ic& <rimes is
in a $ery difficu't
predicament# % sti''
fee' that he is on his
way to fu'fi''ing his
capabi'ities e$en
though he is unaware
of himse'f doing so#
"ic& <rimes is a fine
examp'e of what a
(uperego is# As a
'awman he uses his
superego to he'p
ma&e the mora'
decisions needed to
sur$i$e in the changed
wor'd#