Tag: Passive Personality

November 13, 2025 / Mohammed looti

PASSIVE

Defining Passivity in Psychological Context The term passive, derived from the Latin passivus meaning “capable of feeling or suffering,” refers fundamentally to a state of being acted upon rather than initiating action. In the domain of psychology, passivity describes a pervasive characterological trend marked by a reluctance or inability to exercise personal agency, assert individual […]

November 3, 2025 / Mohammed looti

RECEPTIVE CHARACTER

Introduction to the Receptive Character The concept of the Receptive Character stands as a foundational element within the psychoanalytic and sociological theories of Erich Fromm, particularly as articulated in his seminal work, Man for Himself: An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics (1947). Fromm, moving beyond the purely instinctual focus of classical Freudian theory, developed […]