Unit 5
 Is the study of human behavior
 3 Things that make me who I am…
Hereditary, Environment and Adaptation
 Sigmund Freud- father of modern Psychology
 Id
 Ego
 Superego
 Needs are something you must have met in order to survive
 Conscious needs- are needs that you are aware of
 Examples- food, water, clothing, shelter and air
 Unconscious needs are needs that you are not aware of
 Examples- need to succeed, fear of failure, need to be the best, worry about
what others think about you all the time
Self Actualization
Self esteem
Love and Belonging
Safety
Body
Body
Food, water, clothing, shelter, air
Safety
Keep one safe from harm
Love and belonging
Provided by family and friends
Self esteem
provided by family and friends
Society
Peers
Family
Parents
you
1-5
6-11
12-20
21+
Self Actualization
Constant self
improvement
 The way you protect yourself from emotional harm
 Projection
 Repression
 Denial
 Rationalization
 Displaced Aggression
 Scapegoating
 Identification
Stimulus-anything that causes
action (perception)
Response- way you react to a
stimulus
 Perception- taking in and processing information through your senses
 Mental Set- expectation of the way things should be.
 Learning- change in behavior caused by experience
 Experience Pattern- behavior pattern
PERCEPTION
THOUGHT
ACTION
REACTION
 Classical Conditioning (Pavlov’s Dog)
(standard training developed by Pavlov)
STIMULUS
RESPONSE
 Operant Conditioning- B.F. Skinner’s Pigeons- gradually shaping behavior
to what the trainer wants.
 Reinforcement- Rewards or punishments
 Trial and Error- trying different ways until one works.
To resolve a conflict, an individual
must choose among several values,
goals, or ways of behaving.
 How are your relationships with…
Your friends?
Your siblings?
Your parents or guardian?
Your girlfriend or boyfriend?
Your teachers?
Lousy
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Excellent
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
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5
 “Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 “Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”
Martin Luther King Jr.
 “One kind word can warm three winter months.”
Japanese saying
 Keep Promises
 Do Small Acts of Kindness
 Be Loyal
 Listen
 Say you are sorry
 Set Clear Expectations
(pp 131-144 Covey)
 1. Personal Limits
 2. Physical Environment
 3. Social Regulations- Laws
(CONFLICT CAN BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL)
 Approach/ Approach (Win/Win)- Both choices are good
 Approach/ Avoid (Win/Lose)- One choice good, one bad
 Avoid/ Avoid (Lose/Lose)- Both choices are bad
(An individual uses his or her past experiences, reasoning
and insight to solve problems)
Must use abstract thinking- learning to put different things
into the same category because they have something in
common.