10 Questions
What is a worldview and how does it affect cognition and behavior?
A worldview is a set of assumptions about physical and social reality that may have powerful effects on cognition and behavior.
Explain the organismic worldview and how it likens humans to other living organisms.
The organismic worldview likens humans to plants and other living organisms.
Describe the mechanistic worldview and how it compares human beings to machines.
The mechanistic worldview likens human beings to machines.
What is the contextual worldview and what does it focus on?
The contextual worldview focuses on the dynamic relationship between person and environment.
What are the two main instinctual drives according to the theories of socio-emotional development and what do they motivate us to do?
The two main instinctual drives are Eros, the survival instinct that drives life-sustaining activities, and Thanatos, the death instinct that drives destructive and aggressive behavior.
Which worldview likens humans to plants and other living organisms?
The Organismic World View
According to theories of socio-emotional development, what are the two main instinctual drives?
Eros and Thanatos
Which worldview focuses on the dynamic relationship between person and environment?
The Contextual World View
Which part of the psyche operates at an unconscious level as the motor of the two main instinctual drives?
Id
According to the theories of socio-emotional development, what does the life instinct Eros aim for?
Survival such as breathing
Take the "Worldviews of Personality Development" quiz to test your knowledge of different perspectives on human nature and development. Explore the organismic, mechanistic, and contextual world views that shape our understanding of cognition and behavior.
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