PSYCH 2320 : Chapter 9 review.pdf
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Behavior genetics - attempts to explain how individual differences in behavior (personality traits) are inherited and shared by biological relatives. Evolutionary psychology ( where did they come from) attempts to explain how patterns of behavior that characterize all humans originated in the survival value these characteristics provided over the history of the species. Based on freud"s writings - emphasizes the unconscious processes of the mind (g-8) Does not contribute much to understanding behavior change (pg9) Four ideas that are the foundation of psychoanalysis (p346) Psychic determinism everything that happens has a cause, everything a person thinks and does has a cause (questions free will) explanation is that mental processes are unconscious. Psychic conflict compromised formation the ego main job is to find the middle ground between competing demands of motivation, morality and motivation and among the many things a person wants at the same time. The result is what the person consciously thinks and does.
