Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Unconditional Positive Regard, Psychosexual Development, Personal Unconscious

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Personality: the distinctive and relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that characterize a person"s responses to life situations: modest stability from childhood to adulthood, consistency is greater as adulthood is entered. Thoughts, feelings, and actions have 3 characteristics: they"re components of identity that distinguish the individual from others, behaviours are caused primarily by internal rather than environmental factors, a person"s behaviour fits together in a meaningful fashion. A theory is scientifically useful if it: provides a comprehensive framework within which known facts can be incorporated, allows us the predict future events with some precision, stimulates the discovery of new knowledge. The psychodynamic perspective: personality is an energy system. Treated patients with conversion hysteria physical symptoms like paralysis and blindness that appear suddenly with no apparent physical cause: believed symptoms were related to painful memories/feelings that were repressed, symptoms disappeared/improved when memories/feelings were re-experienced. Theory: an unconscious part of the mind exerts great influence on behaviour.