PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: C. Robert Cloninger, Psychological Science, B. F. Skinner
10 Jan 2017
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75-80% questions come from textbook, the rest from lecture materials. The underlying causes within the person of individual behavior and experience (cloninger, The dynamic and organized set of characteristics of a person that uniquely influences his/her cognitions, motivations and behaviours. (ryckman, 1997) Consistent behavior patterns originating within the individual (burger,1993) Dynamic organization of psychophysical systems that create the person"s characteristic patterns of behavior, thoughts and feelings (carver & scheier, 1996) No consensus with experts in the field on a definition of personality. Multiple competing theoretical alternatives which determine definition of the field, appropriate subject matter, methodology, etc. Psychological science vs. natural science: subject matter, methodology, interpretation. Broad, sweeping, philosophies" of the person e. g. Formal attempts to describe and explain why people differ. Broadest theories in psychology, better to be described as models of human nature the essence of the individual. Freud believed that everything you do is motivated by sex.
