PSYCH 2B03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Libido, Albert Bandura, Behaviorism
6 Sep 2013
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Avoid reductionism; idiographic (tendency to specify; effort to understand meaning of contingent, unique and subjective phenomena) Focus on individuals meaning of life and unique perception for the world; help person achieve understanding, wholeness, meaning. Psych 2b03: primary study of psychology should be the experiencing person, humanism concerns choice, creativity and self realization, study only personally and socially significant problems, psychology concerns dignity and enhancement of people. Instinctoid motivation - not dominating, controllable (can be repressed), modifiable by learning and cultural expectations. Other theories were narrow minded and relied too heavily on pathological cases (not healthy people) Three different sources (bottom top: phylogeny (evolutionary); animal only human, ontogeny (individual development); early development later development, biological relevance; biological (physiological) psychological. Level of needs emerges when previous level has been satisfied. Most behaviours are over-determined (motivated by a number of different needs) Social standard and moral values may be valued so high that other needs do not matter.
