PSYC 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Metatheory
18 Dec 2013
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It"s not about reinforcement, not about learning, it"s about thinking and memories. Thinking is internal but we can see behaviours. Id and superego operate inside a person; internal thinking. Adler your style of life in which you cooperate with others. Allport i decide what i will be and how i will act. Humanists we self-actualize and self-realize on the inside; cognitive actions. Drama teacher could take on different roles. There is no reality only with the way you see it. Kelly looks at you as a scientist; you are to control and predict the world around you. Metatheory theory about theorizing: we have a theory, we propose hypotheses. We have representations of people and objects: kelly calls this representation construct. Good scientist, not just control, but predict what will happen. Phenomenology: what you believe to be real, in your world it is real; your reality, there is no real reality.
