Basic personality

The idea of the basic personality is based on the idea of a personality structure that can no longer be changed profoundly after primary socialization . The imprinting that took place in early childhood is so fundamental that the personality can only be changed superficially later, i.e. the basic personality established in childhood remains stable. The later behaviors, principles and attitudes in adulthood are pre-structured according to this idea by the basic personality.

The concept of the typical basic personality goes back to Abram Kardiner (1891–1981) and Ralph Linton , who developed it in the 1940s. It describes the personality configuration typical of a society, which can be traced back to similar early childhood experiences of the members of the society.

Individual evidence

^ Mario Erdheim : Psychoanalytic explanatory approaches . In Heinz-Hermann Krüger , Cathleen Grunert (Hrsg.): Handbuch Kindheits- und Jugendforschung . Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-5311-5838-9 , p. 72

[1] Mario Erdheim : Psychoanalytic explanatory approaches . In Heinz-Hermann Krüger , Cathleen Grunert (Hrsg.): Handbuch Kindheits- und Jugendforschung . Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-5311-5838-9 , p. 72