This is a modified version of my answers for my old high school psychology project, where students take an over-the-top fictional character and apply the basic principles of all types of psychology covered in class to them. I chose Papyrus for my ch...
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Psychodynamic: Psychoanalytic people would explain Papyrus's behavior. This would be by pointing out Papyrus never had parents or, based on the widely accepted theory that his only parent was the mysterious doctor W.D Gaster, who fell into his own creation and was shattered across time and space, had parents for only a fraction of his childhood. He only had his brother for emotional support since he could remember and is shown to now be obsessed with joining the royal guard in order to be popular and loved. They would say that this means that Papyrus is unconsciously trying to make up for the lack of attention and love he needed as a child. This would be done by trying to gain popularity, fans, and friends through joining the guard. This would also explain Papyrus's willingness to give up his dreams of joining the guard to make friends with the human Frisk, despite trying to capture them, even trying to date them, as he, at this point, is desperate. Making friends with the human is simply a more immediate way to gain a friend.
