THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF
Psychology: Study of Mind and behavior
- Mind: Internal states or processes
- Behavior: Actions and responses that we can observe.
-Fields of Psychology- [11]
- Clinical Psychology: Concern with people who have psychological disorders
and adjustment problems.
- Educational Psychology: Focus on course planning and instructional methods
for a school system
- Developmental Psychology: Study the changes of physical, cognitive, social,
and emotional that occur throughout the lifespan.
- Social Psychology: Concerned with the nature and causes of an individual's
thoughts, feelings, and behavior in social situations.
- Industrial-Organizational Psychology: Focus on the relationship of people and
work.
- Human Factors Psychology: Study ways of making gadgets, and other
materials become more user friendly.
- Consumer Psychology: Study of behavior of shoppers to influence their
behavior.
- Health Psychology: Study the effects of stress on health problems.
- Forensic Psychology: Apply psychology to the criminal justice system to
determine whether a defendant is sane or not.
- Sports Psychology: Help athletes concentrate on their performance, enhance
performance, and avoid choking under pressure.
- Personality Psychology: Understand the human psychological characteristics
and determine influencing patterns.
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Etymology of the word Personality
- Came from ‘Persona’ meaning mask
-Galen and Hippocrates-
- Believe that personality is due to a surplus/deficiency of one of the bodily fluids.
[blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm’
-Modern Idea of Personality-
- Personality is reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives, and behavior
that distinguish one person from another.
- Characterize a person’s adaptation to life.
Theories of Personality: Scientific prepositions that are capable of explaining the
Human Self.
-Major Groups of Personality Theories-
> Psychodynamic Perspective [The Unconscious]
- Emphasize early experiences as the creator of a conscious mind and conflict
with unconscious force that affect how a person behaves.
- Unconscious: Uncontrollable force within that dictates our lives.
- Variation of view about the unconscious:
- Eros and Thanatos [Sigmund Freud]
- Striving for Superiority [Alfred Adler]
- Personal and Collective Unconscious [Carl Jung]
- Neurotic Needs [Karen Horne]
- Interpersonal Relationships [Harry Stack Sullivan]
> Humanistic Perspective [Innate human characteristics]
- Emphasizes an individual's worth and saliency of human values.
- Emphasis on creative, spontaneous, and active nature of humans
- Human capacity to overcome hardships and despair
Psychology: Study of Mind and behavior
- Mind: Internal states or processes
- Behavior: Actions and responses that we can observe.
-Fields of Psychology- [11]
- Clinical Psychology: Concern with people who have psychological disorders
and adjustment problems.
- Educational Psychology: Focus on course planning and instructional methods
for a school system
- Developmental Psychology: Study the changes of physical, cognitive, social,
and emotional that occur throughout the lifespan.
- Social Psychology: Concerned with the nature and causes of an individual's
thoughts, feelings, and behavior in social situations.
- Industrial-Organizational Psychology: Focus on the relationship of people and
work.
- Human Factors Psychology: Study ways of making gadgets, and other
materials become more user friendly.
- Consumer Psychology: Study of behavior of shoppers to influence their
behavior.
- Health Psychology: Study the effects of stress on health problems.
- Forensic Psychology: Apply psychology to the criminal justice system to
determine whether a defendant is sane or not.
- Sports Psychology: Help athletes concentrate on their performance, enhance
performance, and avoid choking under pressure.
- Personality Psychology: Understand the human psychological characteristics
and determine influencing patterns.
-
, - PERSONALITY -
Etymology of the word Personality
- Came from ‘Persona’ meaning mask
-Galen and Hippocrates-
- Believe that personality is due to a surplus/deficiency of one of the bodily fluids.
[blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm’
-Modern Idea of Personality-
- Personality is reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives, and behavior
that distinguish one person from another.
- Characterize a person’s adaptation to life.
Theories of Personality: Scientific prepositions that are capable of explaining the
Human Self.
-Major Groups of Personality Theories-
> Psychodynamic Perspective [The Unconscious]
- Emphasize early experiences as the creator of a conscious mind and conflict
with unconscious force that affect how a person behaves.
- Unconscious: Uncontrollable force within that dictates our lives.
- Variation of view about the unconscious:
- Eros and Thanatos [Sigmund Freud]
- Striving for Superiority [Alfred Adler]
- Personal and Collective Unconscious [Carl Jung]
- Neurotic Needs [Karen Horne]
- Interpersonal Relationships [Harry Stack Sullivan]
> Humanistic Perspective [Innate human characteristics]
- Emphasizes an individual's worth and saliency of human values.
- Emphasis on creative, spontaneous, and active nature of humans
- Human capacity to overcome hardships and despair
