BEHAVIORIST AND HUMANIST
THEORIES
Unit 5
Lesson 4
OBJECTIVES
Review additional psychoanalytic theories.
 Indentify contributions of Thorndike, Skinner,
Maslow and Rogers to study of personality.
 Compare and contrast behaviorist and humanist
theories of personality development.
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WARM UP
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If Freud said that
pleasure drives
personality formation,
what did the others say
drives it?
Jung – Collective
unconscious (archetypes)
 Adler – Inferiority
 Erikson – Socialization
 Horney - Security
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ERIKSON’S PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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65+
Wisdom
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40-65
Care
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18-40
Love
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12-18
Fidelity
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5-12
Competency
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3-5
Purpose
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1.5-3
Will
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B-1.5
Hope
LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE
BEHAVIORIST / SOCIAL-COGNITIVE
MODELS
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BF Skinner
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Response Tendencies - personality shaped via learning
Albert Bandura
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Social Learning Theory
Observational Learning
 Self-Efficacy - expectation of success
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Julian Rotter
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Locus of Control – perception about causes of events in life
Internal LOC –personal decisions & efforts
 External LOC –fate, luck, other external circumstances
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HUMANISTIC THEORIES
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Alternative to
negative, focus on
positive
Born with positive
drive to grow &
improve (innerdirectedness).
HUMANISTIC THEORIES
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Abraham Maslow
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Hierarchy of Needs – humans strive to realize full
potential once they have satisfied basic needs.
HUMANISTIC THEORIES
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Carl Rogers
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Self-concept: all thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about
ourselves
Real vs Ideal Self
 Incongruence – discrepancy
 Congruence – match = fully functioning person
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Unconditional Positive Regard - total acceptance & love from
others no matter what
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Conditions of worth – requirements for earning
UPR from others
THINK-PAIR-SHARE
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In your notes, won’t be collected so be honest!
Who is your most significant other at this time?
 Do you have UPR for this person? Explain.
 Does this person have UPR for you? Explain.
 Are there conditions of worth in your
relationship? If so, what are they?
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A SURVEY…
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Give yourself one
point for each of the
following A responses:
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1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 13
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Give yourself one
point for each of the
following B responses:
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3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15
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If your A score is higher
than 5, you agree more
with the behaviorist
view of personality.
If you B score is higher
than 5, you agree more
with the humanist view.
Statement 10 can be
interpreted as either
view.
CLOSURE
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How do psychoanalytic, humanistic, and
behavioral perspectives of personality differ?
Psychoanalysts emphasize unconscious forces in
dvpt of personality
 Humanists emphasize rationality and natural
desire to be all we can be
 Behavioral (or social-cognitive) theories
emphasize impact of learning and cognition on
dvpt.
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HOMEWORK
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Write down three
traits or
characteristics that
best describe you.
Find three other
people and ask them
what 3 words they
would use to describe
you.