Maslow’s Humanistic Theory of Personality. Maslow’s humanistic theory of personality states that people achieve their full potential by moving from basic needs to self-actualization.

The answer is the humanistic perspective.

The humanistic perspective is a holistic psychological perspective that attributes human characteristics and actions to free will and an innate drive for self-actualization. This approach focuses on maximum human potential and achievement rather than psychoses and symptoms of disorder.

Freud believed that the mind is responsible for both conscious and unconscious decisions that it makes on the basis of psychological drives. The id, ego, and super-ego are three aspects of the mind Freud believed to comprise a person’s personality.

Here is the process I use to get to this place of creative genius.

1. Find a Quiet Place and close your eyes. Begin here.
2. Calm Your Mind.
3. Speak Positive Affirmations.
4. Quiet Your Mind Again and Listen to your Inner Voice.
5. Focus on Listening; Don’t over-analyze.
6. Write These Images, Thoughts and Ideas Out.

Hemingway’s Iceberg theory in psychology is to say that we only deal with that which we perceive with the naked eye. The rest goes unnoticed, which can be compared with an iceberg. There is a conscious part of the information, but there is also another unconscious part underneath.

The Iceberg Principle or Iceberg Theory is a theory that suggests that we cannot see or detect most of a situation’s data. The theory, which we also call the ‘Theory of Omission’ or ‘Iceberg Model,’ applies to systems and problems too.

We often use the analogy of an iceberg when we talk about culture. The proverbial “tip of the iceberg” symbolizes the observable behaviors in a culture as well as the things you can see, hear and touch, such as dress, language, food, music, architecture, signs of affection, etc.

The iceberg analogy The small ‘tip of the iceberg’ that can be seen above the water level represents visible cultural elements. The 90% of the iceberg that remains unseen below the surface represents the hidden cultural differences. Hidden differences include cultural values and assumptions.

writer Ernest Hemingway

glacier

• berg.
• floe.
• glacial mass.
• ice field.
• ice floe.
• iceberg.
• icecap.
• snow slide.

1 – The Iceberg. Culture has been aptly compared to an iceberg. Just as an iceberg has a visible section above the waterline and a larger, invisible section below the water line, so culture has some aspects that are observable and others that can only be suspected, imagined, or intuited.

Hall’s Cultural Iceberg Model. In 1976, Hall developed the iceberg analogy of culture. If the culture of a society was the iceberg, Hall reasoned, than there are some aspects visible, above the water, but there is a larger portion hidden beneath the surface.

Organizations can use the Iceberg Model to develop a deeper understanding of cultural differences and behavioral competence in teams. This will help understand how to solve complex problems by changing aspects of behavior that may be hidden but are still important.

Invisible culture is defined as the intangible parts of a culture. Examples of types of invisible culture are belief systems, values and unspoken…

The elements in the invisible internal environment include the history, processes, tacit assumptions, and beliefs.

Visible cultural elements include artefacts, symbols, and practices such as: art and architecture; language, colour, and dress; social etiquette and traditions. Although they are the most obvious, visible cultural differences comprise only ten percent of our cultural identities.

Different cultural elements can be differentiated:

1. Manifestations, such as art, ideas, communication, artifacts, tools, rules, and laws;
2. Beliefs, values, and worldviews, such as ideologies, assumptions, and attitudes;
3. Knowledge, such as scientific knowledge, local knowledge, and indigenous knowledge;

These are the norms that we are aware of and can see; for example, the types of food, clothing, music and art, languages and dialects, or history and folktales attributed to a certain culture or country.

• Social Organization.
• Language.
• Customs and Traditions.
• Religion.
• Arts and Literature.
• Forms of Government.
• Economic Systems.

Some examples of cultural differences as they pertain to the workplace include employees who are younger or older than their co-workers, employees who hold higher degrees than others in the workplace and individuals who grew up in either metropolitan areas or small towns.