People Flashcards
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Food and water
- Security and safety
- Belonging and love
- Self esteem / prestige / status
- Self-actualization
Physiological -> social -> cognitive
John Watson & BF Skinner - Behaviorism
Behaviorists believe the environment manipulates biological and psychological drives and needs, resulting in development.
Learning is the result of reward and punishment (positive v. negative stimulus)
Edward Thorndike
“Law of effect” - when a stimulus response connection is followed by a reward (reinforcement), connection is strengthened
Freud
Psychoanalytic / psychosexual
O (b-18m), A (2-3y), P (3-5y), L (6-12y), G (12-19)
P - oedipus / Electra complex
Libido is basic energy
Fixation occurs when stage is incomplete
Other concepts include: castration anxiety, penis envy, pleasure principle, reality principle
Erik Erickson 8 Stages
T, A, I, I, Id, In, G, I
- Trust v mistrust (b-11/2): Hope, infant develops trust if needs are met
- Autonomy v shame and doubt (11/2-3): Will, infant asserts self; develops independence if allowed
- Initiative v guilt (3-6): Purpose, children meet challenges, assume responsibility
- Industry v inferiority (6-11): Competence, children master social skills or feel inferior
- Identity v role confusion (adolescence): Fidelity, ability to commit or feels confused about adult roles
- Intimacy v isolation (early adulthood): Love, seek intimate relationships or fears giving up independence and becoming lonely
- Generavity v stagnation (middle adulthood): Care (investment in future), desire to produce something of value
- Integrity v despair (later adulthood): Wisdom, view life as meaningful or with regrets
Piaget
Two tendencies: organization (how we organize mental processes) & adaptation (adjustment to environment)
Within adaptation is 1) assimilation (modifying environment to individuals existing structure) or 2) accommodation (modifying individual in response to environmental)
Schema: mental structure that processes information, perceptions and experiences
Piaget four stages of cognitive development
- Sensorimotor (b-2): child differentiates self from objects; can think of an object not present; seeks stimulation
- Preoperational (2-7): language development, egocentric; has difficulty taking another POV; classifies objects by one feature
- Concrete operational (7-11): logical operations; can order objects, conservation
- Formal operational (11-15): abstract thinking, test hypotheses, logical problem solving
Kohlberg levels of moral development
- Preconventional
Stage 1: punishment and obedience
Stage 2: hedonistic orientation / obtaining rewards - Conventional
Stage 3: interpersonal acceptance / good relations / approval of others
Stage 4: law and order, conform to legit authorities - Postconventional
Stage 5: utilitarian orientation / values and rules are relative
Stage 6: self-chosen principled orientation / universal ethical principles
Daniel Levinson 3 major transitions
- Early adulthood (17-22)
- Mid-life (40-45)
- Late adult (60-65)
3 sets of developmental tasks:
a. Build and enhance life structure
b. Form components such as life dream, occupation, family, love
c. Tasks to become individuated
Urie Brofenbrenner
Ecological approach to human development / looked all all levels and systems impacting a person
Albert Bandura SLT
- Developed social learning theory based on self-efficacy (the belief we can perform some behavior or task)
- Self-efficacy is displayed via: modeling, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion and one’s own physiological states
William Perry 3/9
- Dualism
a. authorities know
b. there are true and wrong authorities
c. good authorities may know but may not know everything yet - Relativism is Discovered
a. uncertainty may be okay
b. all knowledge may be relative
c. when uncertain, I’ll have to make decision - Commitment in Relativism
a. initial commitment
b. several commitments and balancing them
c. commitments evolve, and may be contradictory
Judith Jordan / self-in-relation theory aka relational-cultural theory
A. People grow toward relationships
B. Mature functioning comes from mutuality and deep connections
C. Psychological growth comes from diversified relational networks
D. Mutual empathy and empowerment
E. Relationships require engagements to be authentic and stimulate growth
F.
Stanley Strong / social influence model of counseling
Counselee May view counselor as having these:
1. Expert - formal training, knowledge
2. Attractive - client has desire to gain counselors approval
3. Trustworthy - counselor perceived as caring
Leon Festinger / cognitive dissonance
An individuals behaviors are inconsistent with their thoughts and beliefs