PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Personality Development, Determinism, Behaviorism
9 Aug 2018
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Cognitive and behavioural approaches to personality: what(cid:495)s up doc? psychoanalysis), clinical approach. Cb objections to the (then) approach(s) to personality (i. e. biases) mental health problems. Have the problem of only applying to people with. Doesn(cid:495)t allow for generalisation (cid:523)cohort / selection. Freud(cid:495)s approach: how can we really know what is going in one(cid:495)s mind, if we cannot. Freud(cid:495)s theories had no standardisation and science is observable behaviour i. e. things we can see, feel etc. Only thing we should study in psychological directly observe and measure it? had no scientific basis: theoretical approach (aka armchair speculation) Observations and interpretations of evidence without proper scientific controls. Conclusions may be biased / subjective (issues with deductive premises) Lack of standardisation or scientific bases: assumptions in cb i. Only way to understand someone is objectively observe how they interact with their environment at any one given time.
