Ch 18: Theories of Instincts and Psychoanalysis

intro and McDougall

formed out of opposition to behaviorism

hormic psychology and psychoanalysis

McDougall

hormic psychology

mcdougall: enthusiasm for

positive eugenics (galton)

hormic derives from

impulse: study of instincts

mcdougall’s definition of instinct

inborn predisposition or genetic program of orientation and action

mcdougall inspired

cattell

mgdougall three aspects of instincts

cognitive, emotive, behavioral

three aspects of instincts in humans

emotive aspect remains rigid, but cognitive and behavioral can be modified by learning

mcdougall: behavior results from

instincts and their sublimate derivatives

sublimate derivatives

habits, attitudes, sentiments, preferences, desires, wishes, aspirations

five pioneers of psychoanalysis

freud, jung, adler, horney, fromm