PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Peak Experience, Behavioural Genetics, Extraversion And Introversion
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3 to 5-6 years 5-6 years to puberty. Period of sexual calm; interest in school, play, same-sex friends. Revival of sexual interests; establish mature sexual relationships. Evaluating the theory: difficult to test not truly predictive circular, unconscious processes, non-conscious processes have been demonstrated, psychosexual stages, concept of child hood sexuality rejected, issue = importance of early experiences and emotional attachment. Jung: freud failed to recognize social and cultural factors, overemphasized infantile sexuality, personality develops throughout life span, childhood experiences were important but not sole determinants. Humanists: the optimists: uniquely human experience (humanism), uniquely personal experience (phenomenological) Humanistic approaches: maslow, sees other theorists as deficit based models. Deficiency based: what about seeking things for their own safe, self-actualization, hierarchy, carl rogers self theory, central concept = self-concept. Organized, consistent set of perceptions and beliefs about oneself (who am i?) Does of distortion = positive self-concept: congruence vs. incongruence (distortion from reality, anxiety = high incongruence.
