Intro to Human Behavior (Concepts) Flashcards
Includes all patterns of behavior attributable to the human species as a whole and of individual people
Human Behavior
Activity of a person, involving the consequential manipulation of at least one “interactor”, taken to mean a physical object in the person’s environment or another person
Human Behavior
A network of logically related statements that generates testable hypotheses and explains some aspects of experience
Theory
A pattern of relatively permanent traits, dispositions, or characteristics that give some measure of consistency to a person’s behavior
Personality
A set of abstract concepts developed about a group of facts or events in order to explain them
Theory
Assumes that each person is in constant struggle to settle conflicts between two forces that leads to opposing behavior
Conflict Model
Opposing forces from within and external
Psychosocial Version
Opposing tendencies both from within
Intrapsychic Version
Assumes that there is only one great force that finds expression in daily behavior
Fulfillment Model
Becoming what one was meant to be
Actualization
Becoming what you should be (finding meaning and being goal oriented)
Perfection