PSYS 317

Self-disclosure involves being able to reveal intimate parts about oneself, disclosure reciprocity, disclosing amount men and women, and lastly disclosing traumatic experiences. Loneliness discusses chronically lonely people; their scores on levels of social anxiety and low self-esteem, and the causes of loneliness including negative expectations and poorly developed social skills. Self-esteem establishes reactions to failure, contingencies of self-worth, culture, and time spent alone. Finally, ...

The roots of humanistic psychology talk about existential philosophy and where the ideas originated. The key elements include personal responsibility, 'The Here and Now', the experience of the individual, and personal growth. Carl Rogers covers conditional positive regard and unconditional positive regard. Abraham Maslow identifies motives, Hierarchy of Needs,, Motivation, Misconceptions, and the Study of Psychologically Healthy People. Optimal experience includes moments when a person...

Good descriptions of personality traits that one is born with and or inherited over time. Goes more into depth about the differences between extroverts' and introverts' personality types, what they prefer, and how they prefer it. The evolutionary personality theory and mate selection talk about how men and women are attracted to one another and also explain the lipstick effect.

Provides in-depth reasoning behind the theories of personality and how it evolved. It also goes into detail on extroverts vs. introverts, neuroticism, and psychoticism. You will also see in the evolution section inherited tendencies, the natural selection theory, and anxiety and social exclusion. The application section includes the differences in temperaments in different children, which leads to the assessment of brain activity and cerebral asymmetry.

Provides in-depth answers for Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Goes into detail on unconscious and conscious thought. People's need for achievement including gender and cultural differences. It also explains the more detailed uses of positive and negative reinforcements and punishments.