PSY203 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Authoritarian Personality, Authoritarian Personality, Electra Complex
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Rousseau thought that underneath it all, humans were essentially good willed. Thomas hobbes thought quite the opposite if not for the civilising constraints of society, there (cid:449)ould (cid:271)e (cid:862)a (cid:449)ar of all agai(cid:374)st all. (cid:863) Debates and dialogues are not a weakness but a strength, social psychologists are willing to challenge assumptions: cognitive perspective interpretation effecting behaviour. Intra-personal level what goes on inside a person eg. charles whitman oh. Interpersonal level between two, depends on your interpretation. Intergroup ie. between men and women eg. Freud had a large impact on the study of human social behaviour, he was the first to draw attention to: the study of the unconscious, the study of sexuality, the developmental aspects of personality. To freud the (cid:271)asi(cid:272) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374) (cid:449)as a (cid:862)seethi(cid:374)g (cid:272)auldro(cid:374) of pleasure seeki(cid:374)g i(cid:374)sti(cid:374)(cid:272)ts. (cid:863) left to its own devices the organism would blindly seek gratification. Impulses can be denied but will always return and reassert themselves.
