2130, B, A Personality Psychology “Know Thyself” Professor Ian McGregor.
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Transcript of 2130, B, A Personality Psychology “Know Thyself” Professor Ian McGregor.
Course Philosophy
Less is more—textbook prize Integration of mere information—make meaning Experiential participation (research studies) Understand self, family, society Inspire curiosity about the human condition Inspire consideration of research careers
Course and Quiz Organization
1. Greeks and Psychoanalytic Theory
2. Add scientific Methods
3. Add Goal Regulation foundation
4. Mix with Neoanalytic Theory
5. Understand self, parenting, culture, politics, maybe even religion
How to do Well1. Attend lectures (beware of laptops)2. Do readings, think, and elaborate3. Review notes, think, and elaborate4. Make meaning, query TA if needed5. Do SONA research participation
early: http://www.yorku.ca/health/psyc/urpp/urppfaq.htm
6. Read syllabus: http://www.yorku.ca/ianmc/
Historical ContextRenaissance14th-17th centuryafter crusades
Copernicus’ 1473-1543“First Threat”
Luther, 1517ProtestantReformation
Galileo: 1564-1642 Newton,1643-1727Gravitation
Casanova,1725-1798“Sleepy” Sex
18th Century, Voltaire and Rousseau: Enlightenment and Romanticism Mesmer 1770s in Vienna, Animal Magnetism
19th Century
“Nightmare,” Fuseli, 1782
Darwin’s 1859,Origin of the SpeciesSecond Insult to Dignity
Victorian England
Charcot, 1825-1893, Neurology and Hysteria
From Mesmer to Hypnosis Helmholtz, 1821-1894Conservation of Energy
1850s industrial revolutionwith steam (and anomie)
Converging Historical Factors1. Empirical science as authority
2. Lost authority of church—crisis of meaning—societal conflict and anxiety neurosis
3. Human nature not transcendent, but temporal, subject to natural laws
4. Interest in unconscious factors
5. Animal, sexual motives