HOD-1250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 37-44: Biopsychosocial Model, Extraversion And Introversion, Conscientiousness

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Human and Organizational Development
• Course: HOD-1250
• Professor: Griffith Brian

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Organismic model: stresses a natural unfolding of behavior according to a genetic blueprint. As long as environment provides necessities development occurs. Mechanistic model: views the individual as a passive recipient of environmental influence tabula rasa. Contextual model: views development of individual as product of a complex interaction between individual"s biological/genetic nature and the various layers of the environment during a particular historical figure urie bronfenbenner. Ecology: the science of relationships between organisms and their environments: contribution of biogenetic backgrounds. Lewin: b =f (pe) behavior (b) is a function of the interaction of the person and environments. Between rock and soft spot experiments (limited in scope) & descriptive studies (lack validity) A systems approach: reciprocal interactions: individual seen as element in complex reciprocal relationship change in any one system effects all elements (development in context) Phenomenology: stresses that reality as perceived by individual is important (piaget)