PSYC 4220 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Heredity, Genetics, Evolution

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 4220
• Professor: Tifrah Warner

Document Summary

People are like empty boxes made up of reflexes and behaviors. The person is primarily passive and reacts to the environment. Pathway: quantitative (learning), and unique for each individual. This pathway is never ending and changes throughout life. The person is partly conscious and partly unconscious. Constantly looking for pleasure; the person is one big id. There has to be a conflict which drives development. The innate id force is the source. Pathway: qualitative (development) stages and changes of pleasure seeking. People are able to find pleasure in socially acceptable ways. The conflict may be between the child and the mother. The person is curious; he wants to know and understand. People are natural scientists that want to explore. With our innate curiosity, the child is primarily active. There has to be a conflict between understand and experience. Pathway: qualitative (development) stages and universal experiences. We are able to achieve abstract, logical thinking.