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Personal Growth

Personal Growth. Theory. Theory. I. What is Theory? A. Formal Story 1. Internally Consistent 2. Rational. Theory. I. What is Theory? (Cont.) B. Two Types 1. Philosophical a. general b. not designed to be testable. Theory. I. What is Theory? (Cont.)

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Personal Growth

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  1. Personal Growth Theory

  2. Theory I. What is Theory? A. Formal Story 1. Internally Consistent 2. Rational

  3. Theory I. What is Theory? (Cont.) B. Two Types 1. Philosophical a. general b. not designed to be testable

  4. Theory I. What is Theory? (Cont.) B. Two Types (Cont.) 2. Scientific a. specific b. testable (or disconfirmable)

  5. Theory II. Theory-Research Relationship A. Theory Research Research Theory

  6. Theory II. Theory-Research Relationship (Cont.) B. Tests: Turning Constructs into Operations C. Crucial Test: Pitting Theories Against Each Other

  7. Theory III. Personality Theory A. Grand Theories B. Specific Variable Theories C. Back to the Future: NEOPI

  8. Theory IV. Three Grand Theories A. Different Assumptions about Human Nature B. Different Beliefs about Volition and Determinism C. Developed During Different Eras in Psychology

  9. Theory V. GT1: Freud’s Psychodynamic Theory A. Pessimistic Assumption about Human Nature B. Ignored Volition, Reflects Determinism C. Developed in the Prepsychology Era

  10. Theory V. GT1 (Cont.) D. Parts of Personality 1. Id 2. Superego 3. Ego E. Levels of Awareness

  11. Theory V. GT1 (Cont.) F. Psychosexual Stages 1. Oral 2. Anal 3. Phallic 4. Latent 5. Genital

  12. Theory VI. Grand Theory 2: Learning Theory A. Neutral Assumption about Human Nature B. Ignored Volition, Reflects Determinism C. Developed in the Freudian Era

  13. Theory VI. GT 2 (Cont.) D. Classical Conditioning: Pavlov’s Dog E. Operant Conditioning: Watson’s 12 Healthy Infants and Skinner’s Rats F. Social Learning: Bandura and his BoBo Dolls

  14. Theory VII. Grand Theory 3: Humanistic/Existential Theory A. Positive Assumption about Human Nature B. Supports Volition, Rejects Determinism C. Developed in the Learning Era

  15. Theory VII. GT 3 (Cont.) D. Carl Rogers’s Theory 1. Self Theory 2. Development Theory E. Abraham Maslow’s Prepotent Hierarchy of Need

  16. Actualization Esteem Love Safety Basic Theory

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