2nd Quarter Long Test Flashcards
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-was founded by Sigmund Freud. Freud argues that human behavior
is the result of the interactions among three component parts of the mind: the id, ego, and superego. This theory places great emphasis on the role of unconscious psychological
conflicts in shaping behavior and personality.
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis was founded by _____. He argues that human behavior
is the result of the interactions among three component parts of the mind: the id, ego, and superego. This theory places great emphasis on the role of unconscious psychological
conflicts in shaping behavior and personality.
Sigmund Freud
three component parts of the mind:
the id, ego, and superego.
operates at an unconscious level and focuses solely on instinctual drives and desires. (Instincts)
The id
Two biological instincts make up the id, according to Freud:
Eros and Thanatos
or the instinct to survive that drives us to engage in life-sustaining activities,
Eros
or the death instinct that drives destructive, aggressive, and violent behavior.
Thanatos
acts as both a conduit for and a check on the id, working to meet the id’s needs in a socially appropriate way. It is the most tied to reality and begins to develop in infancy. (Reality)
The ego
is the only part of the conscious personality. It’s what the person is aware of when they think about themselves and what they usually try to project toward others.
The ego
is the portion of the mind in which morality and higher principles reside, encouraging us to act in socially and morally acceptable ways. (Morality)
Superego
incorporates the values and morals of society, which are learned from one’s parents and others. It develops around 3-5 years during the phallic stage of psychosexual development.
The superego
states that individuals use rational calculations to make rational choices and achieve outcomes that are aligned with their own personal objectives. These results are also associated with an individual’s best or self-interests.
Rational Choice Theory
This theory states that individuals use their self-interests to make choices that will provide them with the greatest benefit
Rational choice theory
It is individuals who ultimately take actions. Individuals, as actors in the society and everywhere, behave and act always as rational beings, self-calculating, self- interested and self- maximizing
Individualism
Individuals choose their actions optimally, given their individuals preferences as well as the opportunities or constraints with which the individual faced.
Optimality
____and norms that dictate a single course of action are merely special cases of Rational Choice Theory. In other words, the range of choices in other circumstances differs from choices in a strong structural circumstance, where there may be only one choice.
Structures
It states that the actions of the individual are concerned entirely with his or her own welfare
Self-Regarding Interest
All individuals act in ways that would benefit them more; every individual is most likely to undertake courses of actions that they perceive to be the best possible.
Rationality
in the social sciences, an approach that emphasizes the role of institutions. William Richard Scott defines institutions as social structure that has attained a high
degree of resilience it is composed of three institutional pillars:
•cultural
•cognitive, normative and regulative elements that together with associated activities and
•resources provide stability and meaning to social life
Institutionalism
defines institutions as social structure that has attained a high
degree of resilience it is composed of three institutional pillars:
•cultural
•cognitive, normative and regulative elements that together with associated activities and
•resources provide stability and meaning to social life
William Richard Scott
Three institutional pillars
Cultural Cognitive Institutions
Normative Institutions
Regulative Institutions
It guides behavior through deeply entrenched assumptions and conceptions of the “way the world is”.
Cultural Cognitive Institutions
It guides behavior through social norms of acceptability and morality
Normative Institutions
It is understood to guide behavior through the force of formal rules and sanctions; Institutions are both formal and informal.
Regulative Institutions