Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Nissan Stagea, Carl Jung, Ultimate Human

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Values & ideals of society: when dangerous id impulses or threats from environment cause anxiety. Focused on the manner in which people differ in construction of reality by the personal constructs they use to categorize their experiences. High: less effected by social pressure, achieve higher, few interpersonal problems, more capable of forming satisfying relationships. Low: more prone to psychological problems, physical illness, underachievement, poor relationships. don"t work to improve a bad mood and suppress a good mood. Study- success causes self doubt in people with low self esteem. Athletic, self suffiency (individualistic: women- interpersonal competencies, kindness, helpfulness (collectivism) Social cognitive theories: behaviour is influenced by both personal & environmental factors, reciprocal determinism: the person, the person"s behaviour and environment all influence on another in a patter of 2-way links. Internal- believe life outcomes due to personal control, are more self determined, higher achievers, resistant to influence, healthy activities, higher self esteem, less chance of depression etc.