PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psychology 2000
Document Summary
Inherited characteristics make us who we are: the nurture-only side states that we are all essentially the same at birth, and we are the product of our environments. You define hunger in terms of what you will observe. Main points: correlation is useful for prediction, correlation does not equal causation. Include validity scales to prevent cheating, but such measures are not perfect: limitations, self report, interpretations of questions may vary by, behavioral assessments individual. Starting with physiological needs we try to reach the state of self actualization- fulfilling our full human potential: the ultimate psychological need we have after we have met some basic physical and psychological needs. The end result: characteristic patterns of behavior and motivation, surface traits, representing personality, source traits, basic traits that under lie the surface traits, criticism, the person situation controversy, thus traits are not good predictors of behaviorss. This process applies brakes on neurontransmitter action: can be excitory or inhibitory, acetylcholine.
