A-AS Level (CIE) Psychology: Specimen Questions with Answers 243 - 245 of 299
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Question 243
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Respondent behavior- Responses made to or elicited by specific environment stimuli
Operant behavior-Behavior emitted spontaneously or voluntarily that operates on the environment to change it
Question 244
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Vasovagal syncope- Fainting because of low blood pressure in the head and brain
Question 245
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Short Answer▾“Psychoanalysis s always the starting point” - Erikson publicly defined himself as loyal Freudian, even as he separated substantially from orthodox psychoanalytic theory-In what ways does Erikson extended Freud՚s theory in three ways- Explain (Marks 4)
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Erikson extended Freud՚s theory in three ways:
- He elaborated on Freud՚s stage of development. Freud emphasized childhood and proposed the personality is shaped approximately at the age of 5 but Erikson suggested that personality continues to develop in a succession of eight stages over the entire life span
- Erikson placed greater emphasis on the ego than on the id. In Erikson՚s view, ego is the independent part of the personality
- Erikson recognized the impact on personality of cultural and historical forces. He argued that we are not governed entirely by the innate biological factors at work in childhood. Although they are important, they do not provide the complete explanation for personality