The psychoanalytic perspective of personality highlights human development in terms of inner drives and motivations, which relate to the unconscious and sexual instincts as well as experiences of his childhood which can be revealed through dreams, free associations and slips of the tongue; nevertheless, if there is conflict between motivations, it will actually build defense mechanisms (which range from denial, displacement, projection, reaction formation, regression, repression, sublimation and rationalization) and anxiety. As stated in the psychoanalytic theory of Freud (the founder of psychoanalysis), children experience sexual desires/preferences and each has a distinct erogenous zone. These stages are the oral stage (the mouth is the focal point of pleasurable sensations and sucking is the most exciting action), the anal stage (the anus is the center of pleasurable sensations and toilet training is the most imperative activity), the phallic stage. (satisfaction is the result of genital stimulation) and genital stage (mature sexual pursuits/calls will continue from there throughout adulthood), all of which include their own potential conflicts and failure to resolving them results in fixation. He further divided the human psyche into three individual but intertwined motivational forces: the id (it strives to satisfy basic sexual and warlike impulses as a means of functioning according to the pleasure principle, requiring immediate gratification), the 'ego (the most conscious, "administrative" part of the personality intervenes in the midst of the pleas of the id and the superego, since it functions on the principle of reality because it satisfies the desires of the id in a way that will bring about realistic pleasure instead of anxiety), and s...... middle of paper ......work, status and wealth. The humanistic perspective of personality focuses on people's inner abilities to flourish and grow as well as free will and personal conscience. It takes a more optimistic view of human nature and focuses on how each individual can reach their highest potential. Humanists emphasize what individuals have in common overall, which is that they all have the same basic needs, and that the potential for good is inherent. This approach flourished during the decades of the 1960s thanks to its founders: Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers. Rogers believed that people should offer each other unconditional positive regard (an attitude of absolute acceptance toward another person without conditions). He further proclaimed that a climate conducive to growth required three conditions: authenticity, acceptance, empathy..