PSYB30H3 : PSYB30_lec 2.docx
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Freud"s psychoanalytic theorynot testable (lacks it although it"s comprehensive). Some theories will try to explain more phenomenon than other theoriesmore ambitious. Freudian psychoanalysis theory is very comprehensive b/c it tries to explain all aspects of human behaviour. All things being equal, we prefer parsimonious theory. By introducing more variables, we compromise the simplicity of the theory. Often, we strive to find the right balance b/n comprehensive and parsimony. Freud"s psychoanalytic theory is very comprehensive but, it profoundly lacks in parsimony: useful and generativeicing on cakeutility and generativityafter all other have met. Usefulness= we prefer a theory that generates solutions to human problems over one that doesn"t. It"s advantageous for basic science to translate into application-solution policiestheories should be socially useful that seek to address real-world problems. Personality and psychology b/c they generated forms of psychotherapyhelps ppl overcome various problems of living.
