In this weeks psychology class we talked about Erich From's theory of character orientation. Fromm found that peoples personalities are greatly influenced by a culture and the cultures objectives, which is why people of a certain culture have similar personality characteristics. Fromm found that there were five basic character orientations that are seen in western society: receptive, exploitative, hoarding, marketing, and productive. Fromm also believed that these five character orientations have negative and positive sides and that the positive sides of these character orientations are composed of humanistic ethics. Fromm believed that some people have a biophilous character quality, which would mean that person with the biophilous trait will be positive about life and try do well for him or herself. A necrophilous character would be a person who looks at things negatively and seeks to destroy life. I have found it very interesting reading about Fromm's theories of character orientation because it offers a better understanding of the different needs and perspectives of people that can come from an individual's culture. Also in class I enjoyed doing the writing activity because it was interesting listening to people talk about Fromm's theory of the being and having mode, which are the two modes that say whether a person is content or wanting more in life.