Psychology 2550A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Gordon Allport, Existence Precedes Essence, Humanistic Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2550A/B
• Professor: Livia Veselka

Document Summary

Principles: (1) individuals seek meaning in their environment (2) individuals organize the sensations that they receive from their environment into meaningful perceptions (3) complex stimuli are not reducible to the sum of their parts. Schema: encountering new information, accretation: new stimulus is incorporated into an existing schema without that schema being altered in any way the schema is broadened to include an additional template. Schema: encountering new info: tuning: existing schema is not quite sufficient in light of new stimulus must be adjusted or revised in some way intended to improve accuracy and/or applicability of schema. Emotional intelligence: ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions ability to monitor their own and others" emotions, discriminate between different emotions, use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior. Locus of control approach: developed by american psychologist, julian b. rotter personality reflects interaction of individuals with their environment personality as relatively stable set of potentials for responding to situations in a particular way.