Describe and evaluate one or more psychodynamic explanations of personality development.

One of the key elements of Freud's theory of personality development is conflict, and to understand how these conflicts arise we first have to look at the structure of the personality. Freud believed that personality has three parts, known as the tripartite. Firstly the id, this contains innate sexual and aggressive instincts and is located in the unconscious mind. The id works in accordance with the pleasure principle, with the emphasis being on immediate satisfaction. …

…of childhood from abnormal individuals. Criticisms of his theory are that there is sample bias as it was carried out on a small number of the same sex. The information was done retrospectively and Freud didn't interview any children to base his research on childhood. Bandura disagrees with Freud as he believes that it is more social than psychodynamic as he states that it is social factors surrounding a child which will determine someone's personality.