PSYCH 202 1st Edition Lecture 1 Quiz due tomorrow night 11 30 PM 5 points Psychology The scientific study of the structure and causes of Mind mental activity Brain consider the mind body problem Behavior observable actions Measurement of ideas is central to psychological science 64 of people are in one Standard Deviation of the norm Psychology is an interdisciplinary science Psychology can help us create well being and happiness Personality Psychology Study of individual differences What makes us uniquely us as individuals How are we structured and organized Personality psychology is diverse Perspectives abound Psychodynamic Humanistic Cognitive Behavioral Psychobiological Some Questions Is personality stable or changeable Stable How if at all does your personality cause your actions Barely causes your actions We more so respond to situational events How does your personality relate to your happiness What is personality anyway Etymology of Personality Persona as surface mask Study of historical origin of language These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute But personality penetrates from the surface to our cores from our behavior to what organizes and drives our behavior Consider Freud s original topographical iceberg model Relates to Structural model of personality Model of psychosexual development The defense of mechanisms Ego mediated between the other forces Job is to be conscious of the mind to negotiate a truce between social forces of the world and your unconscious Reality principle Utilizes defense mechanisms Id unconscious It drives everything Deep desire for gratification Pleasure principle Superego internalized conscience
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