PSYC 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14.1, 14.2: Freudian Slip, Sigmund Freud, Phallic Stage
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534-549: personality- people"s t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)al (cid:449)a(cid:455)s of thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g, trait- relatively enduring predisposition that influences our behavior across many situations, nomothetic approach- approach to personality that focuses on identifying general laws that govern the behavior of all individuals. Idiographic approach- approach to personality that focuses on identifying the unique configuration of characteristics and life history experiences within an individual: molecular genetic study- investigation that allows researchers to pinpoint genes associated with specific characteristics including personality traits. 14. 2: psychoanalytic theory: the controversial legacy of sigmund freud and his followers. In the beginning, freud thought that mental disorders were physiologically caused. But later, he believed them to be psychologically caused. He developed psychoanalytic theory to explain these disorders: three core assumptions of psychoanalytic theory, psychic determinism- the assumption that all psychological events have a cause. We are(cid:374)"t free to (cid:272)hoose our a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e (cid:449)e are at the (cid:373)er(cid:272)(cid:455) of powerful inner forces that lie outside our awareness.
