Need disposition

 Parsons suggested that every actor has his or her drives. But when the drives are conditioned through norms it is called need disposition. He gives an example of the social system where role-playing takes place between two or more actors. He further uses the example of two actors called ego and alter. According to him the role expectation from and the role fulfillment by ego governs alter behavior. But at the same time ego can choose not to confirm to alter’s role expectation, it can either rebel or withdraw from situations. In this context Parsons suggests that the personality is relatively autonomous as it negotiates, modifies and adds to its role expectation.

Through the analysis of the personality system, Parsons explains that there is an internalisation of norms through gradual transformation from physical drives to need disposition. In other words, both drives and culture influences and governs individual personality. But Parsons was against the theory of action governed through biological drives. He suggested that these drives are developed socially. This aspect brings us closer to the cultural system.

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