PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Abraham Maslow, Superego Records, Determinism
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Freud"s theory of personality development surrounds his three structures of the mind: id, He identified 5 stages in the development of personality. Inability to complete the stages led to fixations. His theory is vague and is unable to predict future behavior (based on case studies of a limited set of people) He did help is to understand the role of the unconscious . Humanistic thoeries: humans possess an innate tendency to improve and to determine their lives through the decisions they make. Abraham maslow and carl rogers are two of the creators of this view (pyramid. Personality is learned: certain behaviors are reinforced in the environment, this evolved into the social cognitive view. Emphasized that peoples thoughts affect personality development. Bandura"s reciprocal determinism and self-efficacy: reciprocal determinism. Belief you will do well greater effort and persistence and success. People differ in how much control they believe they have over their life choices.
