DESCRIPTION OF INTERACTIVE

Sigmund Freud.

1856-1939.

Best Known for.

Founder of Psychoanalysis.

Quotable quote.

“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”

Define.

Libido.

Gratification.

Fixation.

Psychosexual stages.

ID.

Ego.

Superego.

Questions.

What is a ‘Freudian slip’? How would a psychoanalyst explain this occurrence?

Ivan Pavlov.

1849-1936.

Best known for.

Classical Conditioning.

Quotable quote.

“Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.”

Define.

Unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned response.

Conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned response.

Question.

Where can you identify examples of classical conditioning in your own life or in your own environment?

B.F. Skinner.

1904-1990.

Best known for.

Operant Conditioning.

Quotable quote.

“A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.”

Define.

Positive reinforcement.

Negative reinforcement.

Positive punishment.

Negative punishment.

Question.

What examples of operant conditioning are you aware of in your school experience?

Carl Jung.

1875-1961.

Best known for.

Psyche, Archetypes, and Collective Unconscious

Quotable quote.

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

Define.

Psyche.

Consciousness.

Personal unconsciousness.

Subliminal.

Complex.

Collective unconsciousness.

Archeytpes.

Questions.

Can we understand ourselves as unique individuals? Or can we understand ourselves only by understanding others as well? What would Jung say? What do you say?

Abraham Maslow.

1908-1970.

Best known for.

Hierarchy of Needs.

Quotable quote.

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”

Define.

Physiological needs.

Safety needs.

Love and belonging needs.

Esteem needs.

Self-actualisation.

Question.

Using the hierarchy of needs, what is the impact if someone loses a job? What would Maslow suggest about how to help someone recover?

Erik Erikson.

1902-1994.

Best known for.

Psychosocial Development; Identity Crisis.

Quotable quote.

“If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life, it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way.”

Define.

Trust versus mistrust.

Autonomy versus shame and doubt.

Initiative versus guilt.

Industry versus inferiority.

Identity versus role confusion.

Intimacy versus isolation.

Generativity versus stagnation.

Integrity versus despair.

Questions.

To what degree do you believe our unconscious self influences our behaviour and personality?

Carl Rogers.

1902-1987.

Best known for.

Client-centred approach to psychology and psychotherapy.

Quotable Quote.

"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."

Explain the following concepts.

Carl Rogers places value on the importance of being present with an individual in therapy. In what ways does he describe how he stays in the moment with an individual?

Question.

How has the work of Carl Rogers influenced the way we think of therapy?

Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.

1937 - Present.

Best known for.

Twins research.

Quotable Quote.

“In some domains it looks as though our identical twins reared apart are...just as similar as identical twins reared together. Now that's an amazing finding and I can assure you none of us would have expected that degree of similarity.”

Explain the following concepts.

Twins are an experiment of nature.

The importance of the fact that other twin studies have replicated Dr. Bouchard’s findings.

Question.

Is our behaviour and personality determined by our genes? Or by our experiences (i.e. the way we were raised)? What does Dr. Bouchard believe? Why? What do you believe? Why? 

Mary Ainsworth.

1913-1999.

Best known for.

Attachment Theory in Child Development.

Quotable quote.

“It’s the presence of the caregiving figure rather than the caregiving behaviour that is essential for the attachment to develop.”

Define.

The Strange Situation.

Secure attachment.

Insecure attachment.

Question.

Does a person’s early experiences affect their personality and behaviour later in life? What does research show? What do you believe?

Albert Bandura.

1925-Present.

Best known for.

Social Cognitive (or Social Learning) Theory.

Quotable quote.

“In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.”

Define.

Bobo doll experiment.

Learned associations.

Observational learning.

Modeling.

Social observation.

Mirror neurons.

Imitation.

Question.

How is Bandura’s work different than Pavlov’s and Skinner’s?