LESSON 3 - WHAT SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT THE SELF Flashcards
defined as the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
Science
perspective that explains how are genes from both parents contribute to the characteristics of their offspring through genetics
Biological perspective / biology
concerned with the association of the brain and the mind
Neurophilosophy
explains how human consciousness, views, beliefs and other attributes are distinctly connected to brain physiology and functioning
Neurophilosophy
describes the shaping of the self as similar to how the human immune system functions
Psychoneuroimmunology
Concerned with human functioning in the context of society and social institutions
Social sciences
defined as the study of human behavior
Psychology
The consciousness of individuals about their strengths, weaknesses, and potentials, as well as the underlying factors that contribute to such aspects of the self
Self-awareness
description of what one looks like, sounds like, and behaves like
Self-concept
theory proposed by Sigmund Freud that focuses on the unconscious as a core element of this song
Psychoanalysis
maintains that the study of behavior should be approached from an observable and measurable perspective
Behaviorism
theory that is a revised framework of the behavioristic perspective that considers behavior as a function of the environment and internal attributes
Social cognitive theory
Every individual has the ability to achieve self actualization and transcendence, and that each person is inherently good or possesses something that is good
Humanistic perspective
Study of the collective behavior of people within a society and focuses on social problems encountered by individuals
Sociology
Study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space, and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations and culture
Anthropology
