[PSYCH 238] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 33 pages long Study Guide!
29 Mar 2017
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Interactionist = murray, sullivan, mischel: development in the field of personality psychology, 1859 = darwin publishes origin of species, 1900 = freud publishes interpretation of dreams, 1917 = personality testing begins in us army to weed out people. Pigeon-holing : after wwii behaviorist theories flourished, 1970 = significant study of gender differences, 1990s = revival of interest in genetic and evolutionary bases in personality, induction = develop theory from methodic observation, deduction = top down. Develop interpretation/prediction from theory: analogy = borrow concepts; corroborate with research from related discipline. Limits and fallacies: structural brain research and imaging techniques were not available during his time, assumed heterosexual male behavior as normal, unconcerned with cultural issues and differences, treats development as one common path. Time, generation, culture, etc. do not play a role, according to freud: psychoanalysis is difficult to test empirically. Advantages: first to look at a developmental pathway. Key psychoanalytic concepts: psychic determinism: everything has an identifiable cause.
