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Motivation |
Study of why we do things. |
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Motivation - Biological vs Social. |
Biological - Innate, physical needs. ex. hunger, thirst
Social - Focus on learned, physchological needs ex. praise, success. |
Bio and Social |
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Sociobiologists |
Study genetic & evolutionary bases of humans (and other species) behaviour.
Argue many behavs are genetically programmed ex. aggression helped us survive
Other biologists emphasize the (social) aspect of human behav. eating- social is how much we eat, what, how often. |
Study the gene... and evol... |
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Freuds Theory of the Mind |
Human mind has 3 aspects that influence they way we think, feel act. EGO, ID, SUPEREGO. |
3 aspects |
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Unconscious Mind |
Mind that holds content we are not conscious of. ex. urges, conflict etc.
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Ego |
Conscious part of mind Where decisions are made. (can be influenced by unconscious mind)
ex. I know im hungry, Im going to eat.
Develops overtime.
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Id |
Part of unconscious mind
Composed of instinct (aggressive impulses and biological drives)
seeks pleasure, avoids pain. |
Instinct. DEVIL. |
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Superego |
Part of unconscious mind.
Composed of Conscience, tells us what we should/shouldnt do.
Influenced by Culture + family (comes up with right vs wrong) |
Right vs Wrong. ANGEL. |
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Basic Human Drives |
Sexuality and Aggression. |
Se______ and aggr_____ |
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Oedipus Complex |
Very young children experience strong attraction to parents of the opposite sec and jealous of parent with same sex.
Oedipus = male child to mom Electra- Female child to dad |
Weird parent thing |
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Physcho Sexual Stages |
Child passes through stages focusing on bodily areas (mouth anus genitals) and must pass through all stages to be healthy.
Oral stage (birth to 1.5) Pleasure centered on mouth w/ nursing
Phallic Stage (3-6) - Pleasure zone is genitals and coping with incestuous feelings (oedipus complex)
Latency (6-12) After Oedipus they repress sexual feelings Spend time w/ same sex.
Genital Stage (12 to adult) |
4 stages. |
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Defense Mechanisms |
Defense against anxiety and psychological conflict. Way of resolving conflict between id and superego in the ego.
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Different Kinds of Defense Mechanisms |
Fantasy (day dreaming too much) - When u fantasize so much its harmful as u dont deal with realities of life.
Repression - Pushing unwanted thoughts in unconscious mind. (forgetting)
Rationalization - Creating reasons.
Sour Grapes - Cant reach a goal, we tell ourselves wasnt worthwhile at all.
Regression - Problems to overwhelming to be handled maturely, go back to old habits.
Denial - If reality is too unpleasant we deny its existence.
Projection - Attributing your feelings to other people. Instead of dealing with own feeling we claim theyre someone elses.
Reaction Formation - Replacing feelings we believe are wrong according to morals into opposite feelings.
Displacement - Direct aggression against actual cause may not be socially acceptable, take out our desire to b aggressive on innocent person or thing.
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Opposite Tendencies |
Coined by Carl Jung, we are motivated by opposite tendencies. Mom dad, male female, happy sad. |
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Introvert Personality |
Personality type that prefers smaller groups and handles/solves conflicts through inner thought. |
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Extroverted Personality |
Personality type that thrives in social atmospheres + handles/sovles conflicts through conversation and many views. |
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Optimist Personality |
Personality type which tends to look on the bright side. Pros over cons. |
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Pessimist Personality |
Personality type which tends to look at bad side. Cons over pros. |
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Collective Unconscious |
Carl Jung
Unconscious mind contains both personal and common cultural experiences. |
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Psychoanalysis |
A process where patients discuss background, feelings and experiences with a trained psychologists.
Way to tap in unconcious mind and inner motives.
Includes: Free assocaition, dream analysis.
If one acknowledges hidden conflict the struggle is cured and they lose symptoms.
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Birth Order |
The order which you are born in.(middle child, youngest, oldest). Effects later life. |
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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs |
Arranged humans needs in order.
Order; Physiological (basic needs), safety, Belonging and love, esteem, cognitive needs (understand end explore), aesthetic needs, self actualization(live up to full potential), transcendence (helping others to self actualize). |
Pyramid |
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Self Actualization |
The need to live up to ones full potential. (achieve max possible) |
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Pluthicks Model of Emotions |
A model that assumes there are eight primary emotions which are in the inside and on the outside are examples of blended emotions. ex. Dissapointment (outside) and surprise and sadness inside. |
8 Primary and outside is blend. |
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Components of Emotion |
Cognitive component- Concious feeling of being happy, sad, angry or excited.
Physical Component- Physcial characteristics that accompany emptional reactions. ex. tensed muscles, hear beat
Behavioural Component - Expressing emotion through actions ex. body lang, facial expression.
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Sources of Emotion |
Heredity - Tendency towards particular behav may be inheirited.
Learning - Largely determined by learning experiences. What we see provides models to act.
Maturity - Emotional feelings develop over time. |
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Harlows Experiments |
- Isolated Rhesus monkeys. - Surrogate mothers (wire, cloth) - Sepnt mroe time w/ cloth mom - Feed from Wire and run back to snuggle with cloth
- Monsters into cage - Cloth monkeys would cling and then fight - Wire monkeys would cringe and stall. |
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Love attitudes |
Romantic Lovers: Emphasize looks. Beleive in love at first sight.
Game-playing Lovers - Enjoy the chase more than the catch.
Compassionate lovers - Take longer to develop relationship.
Possesive Lovers - Very emotional. Often suffer from jealousy and worry.
Pragmatic Lovers - Want practical relationship based on mutual satisfaction. |
Missing one of them. |
