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Grand Issues of Psychology

Psychology 101. Grand Issues of Psychology. These are large scale questions or themes of psychology that are part of all aspects of the field Stability vs. Change Nature vs. Nurture Rationality vs. Irrationality. The Grand Issues of Psychology. How do we change over time?

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Grand Issues of Psychology

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  1. Psychology 101 Grand Issues of Psychology

  2. These are large scale questions or themes of psychology that are part of all aspects of the field • Stability vs. Change • Nature vs. Nurture • Rationality vs. Irrationality The Grand Issues of Psychology

  3. How do we change over time? • Changes involved in many aspects of psychology • Thinking • Physical functioning • Personality • Many other aspects of behavior Stability vs. Change

  4. What things do we inherit from our family and what things do we learn? • Where does aggression come from? • Attractiveness? • Can be called evolutionary psychology? • What are we born with and what do we develop? Nature vs. Nurture

  5. Rationality vs. Irrationality

  6. Why would you hesitate eating a chocolate cockroach? • Reason overridden by two factors: • Emotions • Gut feelings Other examples – procrastination, lashing out because you are in a bad mood, stick with bad decision even though you know you are wrong Rationality vs. Irrationality

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