PSYC 231 Study Guide - Sensation Seeking, Heredity, Reinforcement
5 Sep 2013
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Buss + plomin emotionality, activity, and sociability. Allport genetics provides raw material, environment shapes it. Cattell heredity more important for some of the 16 pf. Maslow + rogers self-actualization is innate environment inhibits or promotes the need. Skinner positive reinforcement, successive approximation, superstitious behaviour. Bandura watching models + vicarious reinforcement (self-efficacy) Allport infant"s relationship with the mother is the primary source of affection and security. Cattell major formative period in shaping child"s character. Maslow parents need to satisfy physiological and safety needs in first two years of life. Mccrae and costa stable over many years. Maslow + cattell middle age a time of major personality change. Cattell + allport childhood important, but modified in later years. Allport people who are not neurotic will function in a conscious, rational way, aware and in control of the forces that motivate them. Rogers people were primarily rational beings, governed by conscious perception of themselves and environment.
