Concepts

Question 0

How are theories developed?

Answer 0

Theories are developed

Question 1

Concepts of humanity

Answer 1

• conscious vs. unconscious
• teleology vs. causality
• optimism vs. pessimism
• free choice vs. determinism
• biological vs. social
• similarities vs. uniqueness

Question 2

Where do theories come from?

Answer 2

Social experiences

Observation

Question 3

Criteria for evaluating the usefulness of a theory

Answer 3

1. Generates research
2. Organize research data
3. Parsimony
4. Falsifiability
5. Guides action
6. Internally consistent

Question 4

What factors from our past have influenced the caribbean identity/ personality.

Answer 4

F

Question 5

Roast breadfruit syndrome and the writer who coined this term.

Answer 5

Describes black-skinned people who “see themselves from, and identity with, a partial or entirely Eurocentric perspective”

By Fredrick Hickly

Question 6

Which personality disorders are common in the caribbean?

Answer 6

Anti-social

Narcissim

Question 7

Freud’s level of the mind

Answer 7

Conscious
Preconscious
Unconscious

Question 8

On what cornerstones does Freud’s theory rest?

Answer 8

Sex

Aggression

Question 9

Provinces of the mind

Answer 9

Id
Ego
Superego

Question 10

Freud’s stages of psychosexual development

Answer 10

Oral stage
Anal stage
Phallic stage
Latency stage
Genital period

Question 11

Oral stage

Answer 11

Birth till 1 year
Sucking, chewing, biting
Gain sexual pleasure through the month

Question 12

Anal stage

Answer 12

18 months to three years

Gain pleasure from eliminating ( anal expulsion) as well as retaining faeces (anal retention)

Question 13

Phallic stage

Answer 13

3-4
Can identify male and female differently
Masturbation is almost universal
Oedipus complex - both male and female

Question 14

Latency stage

Answer 14

6- puberty
Sexual urges are repressed and redirected energy towards social activities.
Libido is dominant

Question 15

Genital period

Answer 15

Interest people

Intimate relationships, sexual activities

Question 16

Freud’s defense mechanism

Answer 16

Repression
Sublimation
Regression
Fixation
Displacement
Projection
Reaction formation
Introjection

Question 17

Why is Erikson’s theory called post-Freudian?

Answer 17

This is because Erikson’s theory is an extension of Freud’s infantile developmental stages. It is an outgrowth of Freud’s theory

Question 18

Erikson’s Psychosocial stages

Answer 18

Basic trust vs. mistrust
Anatomy vs. shame and doubt
Initiative vs. guilt
Industry vs inferiority
Identity vs. role confusion
Intimacy vs. isolation
Generativity vs. stagnation
Integrity vs. dispair

Question 19

How does Erikson define crisis?

Answer 19

Crisis is a turning point, a crucial period of increased vulnerability and heightened potential.

Question 20

Striving for superiority

Answer 20

Some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others. Their goals are personal ones, and their strivings are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of personal inferiority complex.
Eg. Murderer’s, thieves, and con artists.

Question 21

Striving for success

Answer 21

These healthy individuals are concerned with goals beyond themselves, are capable of helping others without demanding or expecting a personal payoff, and are able to see others not as opponents but as people with whom they can cooperate for social benefits. Their own success is not gained at the expense of others but is a natural tendency to move toward completion or perfection.

Question 22

According to Horney, what causes a person to develop neurosis?

Answer 22

Idk

Question 23

What is Roger’s approach called?

Answer 23

Person centered approach

Question 24

What is skinner’s theory called

Answer 24

Behavioral Analysis

Question 25

What is Skinner’s perspective on mental processes like thinking?

Answer 25

Idk