PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: B. F. Skinner, Reaction Formation, Multiphonic
28 Apr 2016
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Personality: regers to an individual"s characteristic pattern of thinking, acting, feeling, and behaving. Persistence: how specific aspects of our personality endure over time. Personality trait: a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations. How you define personality defines how you measure it. Armegeddon: do personality tests to see if fir for space travel. Prediction of how people will act under varying circumstances. Explanation of how psychological disorders evolve so that effective treatments can be developed. Includes all of the diverse theories descended from the work of sigmund. Because it could not be tested, it could not be disproven. Instincts reside in the conscious and drive how people act in certain situations. Proposes that childhood sexuality and unconscious motivations influence personality. Note: these are not physical entiries but rather abstract psychological concepts. Id: constantly strives to satisfy basic biological drives. Pleasure principle: if not constraints exist, it seeks immediate gratification.
