PSYC 2130 Lecture 5: PSYC 2130 LEC FOR CH 5
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Very different way of thinking about personality, people finds it harder. Interested in people"s lives in time one, dramas, trauma. Note: most of our psychology discipline is concerned with learning, all personality psychologist began studying personality by examining behavior. Bf skinner said the best predicting the future behavior is the past behavior. Overt behavior (observe directly) vs covehret behavior (cant be observed, wishes, fantasies) Personality psychologist always start by examining behavior directly. Personality as accumulation of learned tendencies acquired through experiences. You have some anxiety and fear that you do not remember their name in your head. This is principle of parsimony: minimal use of theoretical constructs: avoid explanation with hidden processes within the person. Behaviorist: kids goes to mom, mom attentions is creator of reinforcements value, dad"s attention has punitive value. It is direct and observational and present oriented. Sechenov, russian psychologist, all the relation between events and ideas can best be understood by reflexes and neurological basis.
