Most Difficult: 1.) One concept that was difficult for me to understand was the Sigmant Freud theory. I do understand that Freud marked the foundation of the psychoanalytic theory; however, many contemporary developmentalists rejected some of his ideas. 2.) Where I got stuck on is Freud’s psychosexual stages. What I didn’t understand was how a child’s actions can affect their later development as individuals. After closely examining the stages of Freud, I realized that he is saying, if people become
The humanistic, behaviorism and psychodynamic approach all come to the same conclusion that behavior is staggered from nurture rather than nature, even though behaviorism counteracts and takes nature into consideration. Behaviourism was originated by john Watson in the twentieth century, which concluded of observational experiments of humans and animals that support the theories of psychologists in environmental factors of our behaviour rather than internal concepts although they do lack ecological
childhood experiences shape how a person feels and behaves later in life. In particular focus to Freud’s defense mechanisms of regression, the patient acts out in immature actions and frustration when under stress and anxiety because they cannot tolerate it. They have a love/hate relationship with others and dress provocatively to seek attention along with being manipulative. Another theory would be behaviorism where maladaptive behaviors are rewarded. (Early, 2009) Jayna engages in bad behavior and in
only what they can see and measure. According to Watson if psychologists focus on behavior they will realize that everything can be learned. Other psychologists, especially in the United States, agreed. They developed behaviorism, to study actual behavior. This is called learning theory because it describes how people learn and develop habits. Children learn and develop habits from the parents of guardians in their life. Habits such as smoking or drinking. If the child is around smoking all their life
Julia Clayton Professor Sakuma Theories of Personality Buddy the Elf On Christmas night, during Santa’s stop at the orphanage, a baby named Buddy crawled into Santa’s toy sack. Santa unknowingly brought Buddy back to the North Pole with him and once discovered, was adopted by Papa elf. Buddy grows up thinking that he is truly an elf and is oblivious to the fact that he is three times the size of a normal elf. Buddy would always try his best to fit into the elf community but one day he realized