Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality PSY 250 October 20‚ 2013 Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Personality is defined as the pattern of collective character‚ behavioral‚ emotional‚ temperamental‚ and mental traits of a person (The Free Dictionary‚ 2013). In this paper the writer will discuss Abraham Maslow (1971)‚ a humanistic psychologist‚ hierarchy of needs theory and how it is said to influence human personality. She will also cover some biological
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Describe and evaluate two theories of the formation of relationships There are two theories of the formation of romantic relationships‚ which are the reward/need satisfaction theory by Byrne and Clore (1970) and the similarity theory also by Byrne and Clore with Smeaton (1986). The similarity theory promotes liking. It suggests that we are attracted to people with similar personalities and attitudes to us and that we first sort potential partners for dissimilarity avoiding those whose personality
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Personality Development Paper Personality can be defined as the characteristic feelings‚ thoughts‚ and behaviors that contribute to a person’s individuality. Healthy personality development is dependent on certain traits reliant on gene environment interactions‚ cultural influences‚ temperament‚ cognitive‚ and emotional attributes. Psychological observations‚ such as twin studies aim to understand how these attributes impact development and the consistency of these characteristics. The theory that
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AO1 AO2 AO3 Describe and evaluate two theories of the formation of relationships One theory is ‘The Matching Hypothesis’ which is a social psychological theory based on relationships‚ proposed by Goffman in 1952. It suggests that in order for a relationship to be a long and successful one; both partners in the relationship must be equally matched in attractiveness. The reason for this is due to fear of rejection‚ therefore when searching for a potential life partner the primary drive is to
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Describe and evaluate biological explanations of OCD (10 marks) The biological approach as an explanation of OCD believes that the disorder is caused by a fault in our body‚ either through genes‚ hormones‚ the brain‚ or neurotransmitters‚ therefore suggesting that OCD is caused by our nature‚ rather than our upbringing. This means that since we are born with the body we have‚ if we have OCD‚ it is innate within us. One biological explanation for OCD is the genetic explanation. The genetic
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The explanation biological factors influencing homosexuality and people trying to figure out if people are truly born that way or if the is a way to cure homosexuality. Researchers have been exploring biological factors that could be contributing to same sex orientation (Santrock‚ 2013). Bialey and Pillard s did a study on identical twins to find contributions to any genetic factor‚ his study show a fifty-two percent concordance rate which means with every homosexual twin‚ the chances that the other
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THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY Kayla Farwell College of Lake County THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY In chapter 10 of the textbook “Experience Psychology” by Laura A. King‚ it
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Mary Allen Personality PSYC 4520 3/09/11 Troy Rieck Dexter’s Personality http://dexterwiki.sho.com/page/Dexter’s+Serial+Killer+Profile Many people who know Dexter would view him as a friendly harmless person‚ but if they only knew the alter side of him‚ they would come to know the neurotic and psychotic side of him. Dexter’s will to fit in has drove him to be two people. One that is only seen with the eye and the other that is hidden behind his conscious‚ known as by him‚ his “Dark
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Introduction Personality is defined by Schiffman (2008) as that the unique dynamic organization of characteristics of a particular person‚ physical and psychological‚ which influence behavior and responses to the social and physical environment. It seems that consumer purchases are always influenced by their personality as many marketers thought. Therefore‚ many marketers make use of personality traits into the advertisement of products. However‚ some experts highlighted that the influence of personality
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Biological explanation of phobias Genetic factors One biological explanation for the cause of phobic disorders suggests that we can relate it back to our genetics. This theory values the ‘nature’ side in the nature vs nurture debate. This theory uses twin studies to try and separate genetic factors from environmental factors in order to draw a causal conclusion between genetics and phobias. If a closer concordance rate was found between MZ and DZ twins we could suggest a genetic inheritance
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