PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Nomothetic, B. F. Skinner, 6 Years
1 Feb 2013
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Look at the interaction of nature & nurture. Virtually everything that is significant to our personality is unconscious to us . Others say we know who we are. Our personality is available for our conscious understanding. Nomothetic approach - looking for general principals. Idiographic view want to know/understand someone as an individual rare view in psych position is taken by humanist. Theory have been of significance in our development & direction of thinking: sigmund freud. Theories that illustrate a particular approach to personality. Theories that dr. day thinks are interesting. Lots of personality theories: dozens of different theories all trying to explain same set of phenomenon. The oldest area in all of psychology: over 2000 years, first personality theories philosophers of greece. Big idea, enormous range of phenomenon: changes an huge amount of the way we think, very general. The way they ve developed & been tested: most theories begin with observation, see things & wonder why.
