Social Psychology Flashcards
(50 cards)
What was Roussaeu’s perspective on the nature of mankind?
People are born decent but it is society which screws them up
What was Hobbe’s perspective on the nature of humankind?
People start out nasty - if laws etc weren’t round we would all do bad things
Intra-personal level
Inside the person
Interpersonal level
2 people
Inter-group level
Group level behaviour
Societal level
Nature of society
Freud’s perspective on human nature was…
Like a modern Hobbs
Said that basic human condition is a cauldron of pleasure seeking instincts.
We are all bad in our core
Freud said the post primitive part of the psyche is the…
ID
ID subsystem conflict =
The basic urges
Driven by the pleasure principle and the need for sexual pleasure.
EGO subsystem conflict =
Reality principle
What is socially acceptable and what it not
SUPEREGO subsystem conflict =
Moral policeman
Rules of society
If rules are broken it leads to anxiety etc
Displacement defence mechanisim
Redirecting impulses to a more socially acceptable channel
Reaction formation defence mechanisim
Original wish is supplanted with a wish of the opposite nature
Projection defence mechanisim
Projecting urges onto others
Isolation defence mechanisim
Awareness of memories but not emotions
Dissociating from emotions
Freuds oral stage
0-2
Thumb sucking, smoking etc
Freud said that unconcious conflicts are a result of…
Childhood experiences
Freud’s anal stage
2-4
Won’t spend money, anal retentiveness, likes painting
Freud’s Phallic stage
4-6
Castration anxeity following a son wanting to sexually possess mother.
Freuds Latency Stage
6-12
Freud’s genital stage
12+
How do Phallic stage and Electra complex relate
Phallic stage = boys identifying with mothers
Electra complex = girls identifying with mothers
Problems with Freud’s theories are:
Never studied children
Ideas not falsifiable
Little experimental evidence to support
Likert Scales
Rating sentences on agreement
Depend on honesty
