THREE FACES OF PSYCHOLOGY
Imagine that 3 psychologists are having lunch together, and that you are eavesdropping on their conversation. There is a psychoanalyst (P), a behaviorist (B), and a humanist (H). Which of the psychologists is most likely to have made each of the following statements?
- I think people in our profession should put more effort into trying to understand mentally healthy people and pro-social behavior.
- Aggression is a human instinct. Society can control it to some extent, but we will never eliminate aggressive behavior
- If you want to understand why she did it, look to the environment for clues instead of at inferred internal forces like impulses or motives.
- We humans are products of evolutionary forces that have preserved selfishness, pleasure-seeking, and a tendency to deceive ourselves.
- It doesn't seem to me that you need to dig into a person's past in order to understand the person's current problems & concerns
- There aren't any values inherent in human nature. Values are acquired in the same way we learn to say "please" and "thank you."
- If we wanted to improve the character of people in our society, we would need to start when they are very young. By the time a child is five years old, it's probably too late.
- You may think your choice of chili & ice cream for lunch was freely made, but your perception of free choice is an illusion. Choosing chili and ice cream is predictable from the consequences of past behavior.
- General laws of behavior and experience that apply to all people are not very helpful if you want to understand a particular individual.
- The sex drive is with us at birth. People just don't want to believe that infants get sexual pleasure from sucking & exploring anything they get in their hands with their mouths.
ANSWERS:
- H
- P
- B
- P
- H
- B
- P
- B
- H
- P
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the answers are as they are!