PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Abraham Maslow, Jean Piaget, Leda Cosmides
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Gathered material for theory from probing patient lives and own inward examinations of anxieties, con icts, and desires. Discovered unconscious - something containing thoughts, memories, and desires well below surface of conscious awareness, but exert great in uence for behavior. ** dreams express feelings people are unaware of . ** slips of the tongue reveal real thoughts . ** psychological disturbances largely caused by con icts at uncontrollable level. ** theory attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior. *can not prove physiological explanations, because every one is different. *organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes won"t repeat if there was a neutral outcome or a negative outcome. Implication: all behavior is fully governed in predictable ways, and by lawful principles. People have the fundamental need to evolve to full potential. Screening showed that 34% of recruits were mentally and physically un t for duty.
