Chapter 2 - Exploring The Methatheory Flashcards
Name 7 areas covered by IO Psychology.
- assessing abilities to meet job requirements
- improving effectiveness of work teams
- determining attitudes of people towards work
- designing the structure of an organisation
- affecting culture change
- well being of employees
- assisting with merger of 2 companies
What are the 4 worlds of IO Psycology?
World 1 - Personal World (my life)
World 2 - World of Metatheory (a view over)
World 3 - World of Science
World 4 - World of Practice
The definition of IO Psychology frequently include the following 5 elements:
1) scientific study
2) application of psychological knowledge
3) human work
4) behaviour
5) work setting (industry, business, the organisation)
Name the 4 areas of scope for IOP
1) both a science and practice
2) strong relationship with Psychology
3) focus primarily on observable, human work behavior
4) address the formal sectors of work; industry, business and organisations
What 7 things do IOP exclude?
- non scientific knowledge
- work by other beings not human
- non observable behaviour
- children’s education
- severely psychological ill persons
- work outside the formal sector
- excluding unethical, illegal and / or criminal work
Name the 5 types of independency relationship between fields of study.
1) Framing relationship
2) Foundational relationship
3) Applications relationship
4) Complementary relationship
5) Enriching relationship
What is STRUCTURALISM?
Wundt, Titchener, Fechner
Normal, conscious experiences of humans :
sensations
attention
perceptions
thoughts
feelings
and how they combine and develop into mental processes
In STRUCTURALISM what is the primary method of studying the human psyche?
Introspection - people self-report their inner experiences
What is FUNCTIONALISM?
James, Galton
How the normal functions of the mind work
and evolve into behaviour
to adapt to their environment
What is the primary method of studying Functionalism?
The observation of
and measurement of
individual differences
currently emphasised in the assessment of human trait and types
Explain the dominant human psyche stance PSYCHOANALYSIS.
Freud, Horney, Rank, Jung
Studying the dynamic, instinctual forces of the
unconsciousness (especially sexual and aggressive instinct)
expressed in wishes
And the pathologies that emerge to make anti-social instincts socially acceptable.
What are the primary methods of studying the human psyche in classic Psychoanalysis?
Dream analysis
Free association (talking therapy)
so verbalising the associations certain stimuli (like words and images) evoke
What is analytical PSYCHANALYSIS?
Jung
A reaction to classic psychoanalysis
Studying the normal / abnormal forces
of the evolving, collective unconsciousness
with its inherited predispositions and symbols
the personal unconscious and conscious
as a person matures
In search of meaning
In analytical Psychoanalysis the journey towards intergration unite which 3 psychological opposites?
Introversion vs extraversion
Sensation vs intuition
Thinking vs feeling
What is the primary method of studying PSYCHOANALYSIS?
Dream analysis
Active imagination
Interpretation of symbols
Which assessment technique is based on Jung’s thinking in Psychoanalysis?
The Myers-Briggs technique
What is HUMANISM?
Maslow, Rogers, Frankl
How normal persons subjectively and positively experience
the world and others
in their quest to actualise potential in order to
live a life that is meaningful and satisfying
What other Human Psyche stance is associated with Humanism?
Positive psychology
What is positive psychology?
Studying the wellness, well-being and resilience of normal persons as they are going about their everyday lives in a positive way.
What is the primary method of studying the human psyche in Humanism?
Understanding the
positive inner personal, live experiences of individuals
In Humanism, what is the primary method of studying the human psyche of Positive Psychology?
Understanding the positive inner personal,
life experiences of individuals
What is the Gestalt (Configuration) stance?
Wertheimer, Kohler, Kaffka
It studies the normal consciousness of a person
as an interconnected dynamic whole
which configures (organises)
the diff elements of psychological experiences (the parts)
embedded into coherent patterns (the whole)
to provide meaningful understanding to the person
What is the primary method of studying Gestalt / Configuration?
Experimental studies to demonstrate how the whole of the psyche is more than the sum of its parts.
What is the stance Behaviourism about?
Watson, Skinner, Tolman
Studying overt, observable, normal behaviour
as the programmed response to stimuli out of the environment
and how these link through learning
are formed and re-inforced
can be changed
and be made predictable.
What is the primary method of studying Behaviourism?
Laboratory experiments to determine how to program stimulus-response links
What is the Dialogical / Ubuntu / Afrocentric human psyche stances about?
(Jordaan , Mbigi )
Studying how the normal person
imbedded in a community
becomes a whole person through and with other persons through
the internalisation of cultural and spiritual values.
What is the primary method of studying Dialogical / Ubuntu / Afrocentric stances of the human psyche?
Understand and interpret the interactions:
linguistic, symbolic, value-informed and physical
between people
What is Cognitivism about?
Bandura, Kelly, Read
Studying the normal mind
In its totality as a constructing and problem-solving mechanism
like a complex computer
in terms of the psychological and neurological processes
related to info input, storage, processing, organising and output
of the mind