PSY 3303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Behaviorism, Personality Psychology, Heredity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3303
• Professor: Dave Miranda

Document Summary

Personality structure: differ in: units of analysis they use, level of abstraction: behaviorist being most concrete & psychodynamic abstract, complexity: number of units, organization learning were simplest and psychodynamic and kelly complex. May be: all theories are valid (cid:224) each explain certain types of behavior, 2 theories may be operating, they are in conflict with each other, 2 theories may combine to support one another. Less was covered than was ideal: differences concerning 2 questions about development, utility of concept of stages of development b) Importance of early experiences for later personality development. Psychopathology and change: questions that remain un-answered: prevalence of conditions changes across cultures, conversion symptoms more common in the past. Scientific observation: large and diverse, objective and reliable methods: observe: diversity and objectivity of methods, lack: idiographic methods. Kelly, rogers, bandura, mischel: studying individuals in depth, across time and in context: hope: now use electronics to measure variables in naturally occurring life event.