Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Behaviorism, Inter-Rater Reliability, Frontal Lobe

• 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. Theorists have their own personalities that influence how they perceive and understand themselves and their world. For personality psychologists, their usefulness" as scientific theories is. A theory is scientifically useful to the extent that it: provides a comprehensive framework within which known facts are incorporated, allows us to predict future events with some precision, stimulates the discovery of new knowledge. Psychodynamic theorists look for the causes of behaviour in a dynamic interplay of inner forces that conflict with each other. Freud"s psychoanalytic theory was the first and most influential theory. Conversion hysteria= physical symptoms like paralysis and blindness appear suddenly and have no apparent physical cause. Instinctual drives generate psychic energy powers the mind and constantly presses for either direct or indirect release. Mental events may be conscious, preconscious, or unconscious. Conscious mind= mental events we are presently aware of.