PSYC 553 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Behaviorism, Operant Conditioning, Extraversion And Introversion
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Perspective- a manner of looking at personality that is made up of a number of related theories that share in common certain assumptions. Better theories will be given more weight and become part of the perspective: the biological perspective. Emphasizes the influence of biology on mental and social functioning. Neurotransmitters- chemicals secreted by neurons at the pre-synaptic sac that influences neighboring neurons. Dopamine adhd, schizophrenia: genetics ex/twin studies, the immune system ex/ zoloft study. Hormones work in a similar fashion (i. e. testosterone) Monozygotic twins = identical = 1 egg = 100% dna pattern. Dizygotic twins = fraternal = 2 eggs = 50% of dna pattern. Siblings = 50: psycho-evolutionary theory proposes that the things we do and how we behave is due to long-term, multi-generational evolutionary process. Intrapsychic perspective: psychodynamic theory, conscious---------------------- preconscious ------------------ unconscious. 3) five psychosexual stages of development: oral- breastfeeding, anal- toilet training, phallic- being to know the sexuality, latent, genital.
