PSY230H5 Lecture Notes - Sigmund Freud, Heredity, Falsifiability
Document Summary
Presents 5 dimensions, - all of these are dichotomies; mutually exclusive terms. One that recognizes biology(heredity) but that"s not all that comprises us b/c environment also has influence. Basically asking: are people choosing what they"re going to do next or are they reacting to things put upon them by either the environment or internal states. Proactive doesn"t necessarily mean coming from within cause they can be reacting to dry states (ie. hunger) Example: sigmund freud: deterministic; unconscious influences people have little choice in what they do, mostly biological; early life experience key, biological similarities and social differences, largely reactive drive reduction, generally pessimistic (especially later) Problem: conceptual terms used to define a theory have different meanings and therefore using different terms for the same meaning reduces consistency: parsimony (given nature of subject) finding a theory that is less complicated (so simple) Shouldn"t have more concepts than necessary trimming fat from theory.
