You are now aware that psychology is a science, committed to the empirical
study of behavior. Do you think it’s possible to apply this scientific approach to the study
of unconscious desires and urges, as postulated by Freud’s theory of personality?
Book needed for paper is:
Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century
Wayne Weiten, Dana S. Dunn, and Elizabeth Yost Hammer, 2018
Cengage Learning
ISBN.13: 978-1-305-96847-9
These are words from my professor,
Adequately address whether it is possible to apply the Scientific Approach to the study of unconscious desires
and urges, as postulated by Freud’s “theory of personality.” What do the authors say about the Scientific
Approach to studying behavior and how does this apply to Freud’s theory of the unconscious? Can you see
and measure the unconscious? Refer to 2.6 Contemporary Empirical Approaches to Personality in the course
textbook.
Briefly describe the scientific approach. Now, how could you study something that occurs in the mind? Can you
see a person’s suppressed feelings or memories? No, then how could you study it? Hint: behaviors can be
studied, and they are often associated with feelings and urges, etc.
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