Theories Flashcards
Psychoanalytic
A theory that focuses on inner drives, peep motives, unconscious thoughts, early life experience, conflicts, and resolution of childhood.
Sigmund Freud
- Analyzed dreams, uncensored thoughts
- Unconscious thoughts are vital
- Believes that adult behavior is linked to childhood
- developed psychosexual stages
Eric Erickson
Modified Freuds Ideas
He developed 8 stages that people have to overcome through out their life
Emphasized family and society
Developed a theory after adulthood
Behaviorism
Only studies what can be observed, objective and scientific idea.
Ivan Pavlov
Dog salivation experiment
Classical conditioning
B F Skinner
Skinner boxes
Focused on what happens after behavior
Operant conditioning
Reinforcement
Social learning theory
Extension to behaviorism
Albert Bandura Stanford University experiment
Modeling
Modeling
When people observe and copy actions
Cognitive theory
Our thought shape actions ?
Jean Piaget
Study how kids think
Developed 4 stages of thinking
Developed assimilation and accumulation
Cognitive equilibrium
State of mental balance
Humans seek for at every stage
Intellectual advancement
Not easy to complete
Humanism
Theory in which all humans are capable of being good
Abraham Maslow
Thought everyone had the same basic need
Maslows Hierarchy of Need
Unconditional positive regard
People should see each other and accept one another without conditions
Evolution theory
Behaviors
Needs and
Impulses are evolved to help children survive
2 basic needs: survival and reproduction