Can there be a Grand Unified Theory of Personality?
Bradley Templeton Scobie
No single theory of personality can adequately explain the full function of human behaviour.
Psychodynamic approaches often come under a lot of criticism as they fail to be explicit about the underlying bases of the theory. Cognitive theories are not very comfortable with explaining emotions and behavioural theories have difficulty explaining the mechanisms of improvements.
It has become quite clear in the field of Psychology, and to some Psychologists like Windy Dryden (Individual Therapy) explicitly clear that there is a missing linkand that somewhere amongst the mass of theories on personality, the answer is staring them in the face.
These Psychologists often practice a form of Psychology called Eclectism, which takes a little out of each theory and unites it during therapy with a client.
You can't use this sort of therapy as a theory however because all the Eclectic Psychologist is doing......
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