PSY 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Trait Theory, Psych
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Two examples: aggression and depression, to get a better understanding of how the six approaches to personality understanding offer six distinct, but valid, reasons for clear behavior patterns, let"s look at two specific examples. Aggressive behavior and adequate ering from depression are common issues in our culture, and the causes of aggression and depression have been studied by psychologists from several different perspectives. We"ve all seen or heard of people engaged in violent behavior regularly. Usually, people convicted for attack have a history of violent conduct that goes back to childhood playground fights. Why are some people more violent than others, consistently. Growing of the six personality strategies offers one response or more. Think of an abusive person you have met when you read those responses. Which of the six explanations tends to do the best job of explaining the actions of that person: the traditional psychoanalytic theory of violence refers to an implicit fear of death.
