Unit 2 - Approaches and Personality

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Psychology Definition

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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Operant Conditioning

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Reinforced behavior through rewards and punishments

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Influence of Rewards and Punishment on Behavior

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We will continue or change our behavior if we are rewarded or punished for what we are doing

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Three Main Contributors to Behavioral Perspective

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John B. Watson, Ivan Pavlov, B.F. Skinner

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Psychoanalytic Perspective Summary

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Behavior is due to an unconscious process within your mind. Things are happening even when you are not thinking of them.

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Principle Contributor to Psychoanalytic Perspective

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Sigmund Freud

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ID Ego

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Instincts, driven by pleasure (I want it now)

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Ego

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What people see, the realistic part that balances the ID and SuperEgo

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Super Ego

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The judge, your consciousness that gives you guilt, right vs wrong

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Defense Mechanisms

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Unconscious process that protects an individual from the guilt of the superego