PSY 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Conation, Apperception

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 161
• Professor: Professor Elliot

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Introduced personology: what is personology, scientific study of the whole person. Specifically, the intensive, idiographic, psychodynamic study of life over time. Introduced new terminology: terminology included the need construct. Find that thing to get your need met. Two types of needs: viscerogenic (primary) needs, biological, physical satisfaction, murra(cid:455)"s (cid:448)is(cid:272)eroge(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:374)eeds, psychogenic (secondary) needs, psychological, mental satisfaction, murra(cid:455)"s ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hoge(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:374)eeds. Psychogenic needs: most important determinates of personality, not (cid:448)is(cid:272)eroge(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:374)eeds (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) did(cid:374)"t (cid:448)ar(cid:455) a lot (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) people. Murra(cid:455) thought psychogenic needs varied a lot: operate outside of awareness, you do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat (cid:455)our ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al (cid:374)eeds are, everyone has all 27 but some needs are stronger in some people (hierarchy of needs) Importance of needs in predicting behavior lies in their relative strength within people. Press: murray, a tendency in the environment to facilitate or obstruct expression of a need, things in the environment that cue off a need.