PSY 302 Chapter : Theories of Human Development
15 Dec 2011
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
It should be concise, or parsimonous and yet be able to explain a broad range of phenomena. Good theories are falsifiable - capable of making explicit predictions about future events so that the theory can be supported or disconfirmed. Must be heuristic- they can build on existing knowledge by continuing to stimulate new research and discoveries. Freud: dream analysis, stages of psychosocial development, psychosexual stages of development. Freud"s psychosexual theory states that maturation of the sex instinct underlies stages of personality development, and that the manner in which parents manage children"s instinctual impulses determines the traits that children display. Id: primitive, inborn component of personality that is driven by instincts. Ego: rational component of personality (finding rational solutions to problems) Superego: consists of one"s internalized moral standards, the seat of conscience. Id (unconscious i want it and i want it now). Ego is aware of what you should do.
