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Title: personailty theory Post by: djones82 on Jan 13, 2014 Your assignment is to define and explain the following four (4) perspectives of human personality development discussed in Chapter 2. Give a brief summary of each theory. Identify the main theorist or theorists responsible for developing each theory. Include the basic view of each theorist:
1. Behaviorism 2. Psychodynamic 3. Social - Cognitive 4. Humanistic In your conclusion, give your opinion of at least two of the perspectives and their possible value to the study of psychology and human development. Use the textbook, other web sites, and digital library as resources for key facts. Title: Re: personailty theory Post by: padre on Jan 14, 2014 HI djones82
Any thoughts so far to start this off? Title: Re: personailty theory Post by: djones82 on Jan 15, 2014 I haven't been able to open up any of your replies.
Title: Re: personailty theory Post by: padre on Jan 15, 2014 1. Behaviorism Behaviorism is the philosophy of the science of human behavior. It teaches that a person's behavior is determined by a genetic endowment traceable to the evolutionary history of the species and by the environmental circumstances to which as an individual he has been exposed. According to John Watson, he explains it as such: "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select -- doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors." Title: Re: personailty theory Post by: djones82 on Jan 15, 2014 In your conclusion, give your opinion of at least two of the perspectives and their possible value to the study of psychology and human development.
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