Founded by Fromm et al., This model criticizes the Freudian school for emphasizing unconscious instincts in determining human behavior. In particular, the role of sexual instincts in the formation of the human personality in early childhood. A new aspect of this paradigm is that human behavior is the result of the interaction of conscious and unconscious impulses. As well as emphasizing the role of cultural and social factors in the formation of personality and the impact of the human present and his immediate past. On mental disorders.