PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Tabula Rasa, Psychosexual Development, Psychoanalytic Theory
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Modern but griddy ness of the past. Questions and controversies in human development: assumptions about human nature, original sin. Innate purity: nature versus nurture, activity versus passivity. What is a theory in general: a set of concepts or propositions that describe and explain some aspect of experience, purpose of the theory is to organize our theories/knowledge, help us understand observations. What is a scientific theory: a public pronouncement indicating what a scientist believes about his or her area specific area of investigation. Questions and controversies about human development: assumptions about human nature. = occurs in small steps, gradual growth, smooth growth, no large jumps discontinos development. There are different levels or stages of growth. Dealt w mental patients what they all had in common was childhood trauma. Developed psychosexual theory- parents managed early sexual aggressive drive; a critical component of their personality. He was the first to suggest much of our behavior is driven unconscious motivation, desires.
