Three major psychological thinkers offer three different ways of understanding what drives human behaviour:

	Sigmund Freud	Alfred Adler	Carl Jung
Core Idea	We are shaped by the past	We are shaped by purpose and direction	We are shaped toward wholeness
Main Driver	Unconscious conflict and childhood experience	Striving for significance and overcoming inferiority	Integration of conscious and unconscious self
Focus of Psychology	What happened to us	What we are striving toward	What we are becoming
View of the Past	Determining influence	Influential but not defining	One part of a larger inner process
Human Motivation	Repressed desires and early experiences	Growth, meaning, and belonging	Individuation (becoming a whole self)
Core Process	Bringing the unconscious into awareness	Redirecting inferiority into healthy growth	Integrating fragmented parts of the psyche
Goal of Development	Understanding hidden conflict	Social interest and contribution	Psychological wholeness
Final Outcome	Insight into unconscious patterns	Connection and purposeful living	Integration and authenticity

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In Simple Terms

• Freud → “Your past explains you.”
• Adler → “Your direction defines you.”
• Jung → “Your wholeness is what you are becoming.”

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A Unified Perspective

Taken together, these three thinkers suggest that human beings are not defined by a single force.

We are shaped by:

• what we have lived through
• what we are striving for
• and what we are still becoming

And none of these alone tells the full story.

We are influenced—but not fixed.
Formed—but not finished.
Human—and always in motion.