In a nutshell, Chapter 14 described the various theories that psychologists such as Freud, Adler, and Horney founded about human personality. Although these three psychologists have interesting theories, the most intriguing in this chapter was Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. Jung argued that although there is a personal unconscious, there is also a collective unconscious. This means that our ancestors have memories that have been passed to us across the generations. This is what accounts for cultural similarities in myths and legends.
Another interesting concept in this chapter was graphology. This is the psychological interpretation of handwriting. I thought this was interesting because I would have never thought that handwriting could help show some personality traits of the writer. I found it interesting that many firms in the United States use graphology to detect potential employees who are prone to dishonest behavior. To be even more extreme, proponents of "graphotherapeutics" even claim to cure psychological disorders by altering people's handwriting. Before reading this chapter, I would have never thought that my memories were passed down to me unconsciously and handwriting can show traits of people's personality.
Here is a video that give a glimpse into handwriting analysis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGFFq9CsaXM
Great post. Nice quick review of the general chapter and good job picking points that were interesting to you and relaying your thoughts to us.
It's really interesting how handwriting can actually show facets of people's personalities. Other than smaller sizes perhaps pointing to an introverted attitude and larger to extroverted, I've never really understood how traits can be determined. I suppose it would make sense that someone's deeper self could be gauged by what's shown in their almost unconscious process of writing while their conscious mind focuses on the simple task of writing a coherent sentence.
Fantastic article and post, I never knew that by examining hand writing you could figure out the personality of the writer. Also, it was fascinating reading about how memories are passed down from ancestors and generations. This whole post was great
I liked your summary of the chapter. What particularly stood out to me was when you described graphology and how it might describe personality traits. In my opinion, I don't really believe in the existence of graphology, I think its a more of a pseudoscience comparable to astronomy. What I would like to see if more evidence and research on this topic.
You did a very good job talking about the chapter. I think that it is really interesting that some of our memories are passed down to us. I never would have thought that memories could be passed down through our subconscious.
It's very odd to think that handwriting is a determinant of behavior and personality traits. I used to go to websites online and see what my handwriting said about me, but it's hard to think that it's an actual influence of behavior. That being said, it's also interesting how people's handwriting does differ, when there is an actual "right" way to form each letter!
I've read things here in there in magazine about your personality and your signature. For example, if you're writing is slanted upwards you're happy or an optimist. I thought it was really cool how this is a thing people really do study to figure out personality traits in others. I would love to learn more about this and your video was really interesting!
This is very interesting. I would have never viewed handwriting through that perspective and I would never feel that I could render memories from my ancestors unconsciously.