ARELLANO UNIVERSITY Pasig City College of Arts and Science Psychology Department LECTURE NOTES ON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (No. 1) AY I. Nature of Psychology A. Psychology - the term psychology derives from the Greek roots psyche‚ meaning “soul” or “mind‚” and logos‚ meaning “word.” Psychology is literally the study of the mind or soul and people defined it that way until the early 1900s. Around 1920‚ psychologists became disenchanted with the idea of studying the mind. First‚ research deals
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Abraham Maslow’s Holistic-Dynamic Theory of Personality ABRAHAM MASLOW’S HOLISTIC-DYNAMIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY Abstract: Personality has been studied in regards to various psychological approaches including psychoanalytical theories‚ learning theories‚ dispositional theories and humanistic psychology theories among others. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) developed theories of personality from a humanistic psychological standpoint. His holistic-dynamic theory of personality advocates that individuals
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Limitations of Self Report Data Abstract Self-report data may be obtained from a test or an interview format of a self-report study. The format of self-report study that will be used to discuss limitations of self-report data will be a test and a personality disorder test will be used as an example. For specific example answers for the test I completed the results all rated “low” for all personality disorders. Limitations arise from decreased reliability and validity and issues with credibility
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Developing Managerial Skills: An Exploratory Investigation into the Personality of Management Students Background A MBA program is a much sought after course today‚ with B-Schools continually making an effort to inculcate knowledge‚ skills and attitude in an attempt to carve out ideal managers from young & naïve graduates. The growth of India’s economy has made more resources available to institutions and they are working to improve the quality of management education thus making their graduates
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a) 2 other personality models: Description This very brief description is based primarily on the most recently published description of the PAS although there is no disagreement with other descriptions. The PAS is based on premises (among others) that behavior is determined by both heredity and environment and behavior is determined by an interacting system of traits. Furthermore‚ these traits can be modified through learning to such an extent that some might be nearly opposite to the original
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Grant Clay Period 3 8/26/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 1: The Evolution of Psychology Red – Definition of Key Terms Green – Important People & Contributions Blue – Important Points 1. How Psychology Developed a. Psychology – The Scientific Study of Behavior and Mental Processes. b. Mental Processes = Physiological and Cognitive Processes. c. Psychology comes from two Greek words. “Psyche” = Soul‚ and “Logos” = the Study of a Subject d. Psychology became a Scientific Discipline In 1870’s 2
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February 27‚ 2013 • Genetics basics • Chromosomes contained in the nucleus • 23 pairs of chromosomes • A gene is a segment of a DNA strip • mRNA forms complementary to the DNA strip • mRNA codes for amino acid sequences • Amino acid sequences form proteins • Mendelian genetics • Allele = portion of a chromosome that is coding for a particular characteristic • Pairs of alleles (one on each chromosome) • Heterozygous vs. homozygous • Complete dominance: the dominant allele dictates the
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Explain why you think this theme is important in organisational life using examples from lecture seminar topics. Source: Lecture 3/7 Theme: Identity and Negotiating Differences: Multicultural Teams/ Personality and Organisational Selection MUHIDUR RAHMAN ID: W138971521 “A real team is a small number of people‚ with complementary skills‚ who are committed to a common purpose and an approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable” (Katzenbach and
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Introducing Behaviour in Organisations SH = Stakeholders What is organisational behaviour? “Systemic study + individuals‚ groups‚ organisations + high perf org = stakeholders” Assumes people are the most important asset What is organisational psychology? APS: the science of people at work What do organisational psychologists do? Org psycs analyse orgs + people + devise strategies = rec‚ motiv‚ dev‚ change + inspire Organisational behaviour v Organisational psychology? Similarities
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businessballs.com/personsmodels.htmalitystyle About.Com Psychology Abraham H. Maslow. (2013). Retrieved February 27‚ 2013‚ from Encyclopedia Britannica facts matter: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/367986/Abraham-H-Maslow Motovational Test Cattell‚ H. M. (2007). The 16 pesonality factor questionaire. London: Sage. Digman‚ J. (1991). Personality structure: Emergence of the Five factor model. Annual Reviw of Pscology‚ 41:417-440. Goldberg‚ L. (1993). The structure of phenotypic personality traits
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