PSYC 304 Lecture 2: Psychology 304 ch 2
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We are a blank slate and who we are is completely due to rewards and punishments that we have received by others: we are not our people rather other makes us, psychology of behavior could allow us to engineer people so that we could bring out the best in them, token economy, systematic desensitization and diversion therapy and flooding useful techniques, token economy reward ex: story about a child wants to get an, aversion takes away something you like. award for going outside. Humanistic psychologies: humanistic, existential, constructivists trans personal, maslow/c. rogers/r may/ levinson/ peek, mind body spirit united and reciprocal, people strive for personal growth (to live full rewarding lives) disorder are only stunted growth, look for optimal conditions for individual development: meaning, choices, responsibility and community, context of their lives heavily influence people as does choices and willingness to take responsibility, urie bronfenbrenner similar with contextual psychology.
