they are essentially empty. Productive orientation There is a healthy personality as well, which Erich Fromm occasionally refers to as "the person without a mask". This is the type of person who, without disavowing his or her biological and social nature, does not avoid freedom and responsibility. This person most likely comes out of a family that loves, which prefers reason to rules, and freedom to conformity. See also Erich Fromm Personality References External links Boeree, C. George. Personality Theories: Erich Fromm 1997, 2006. Fromm, E. (1947). Man For Himself. Canada:Holt, Rinehart, and Winston of Canada Limited. (Fromm online) Personality traits