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

First Major Scientific Advance Since Greeks:Personality Processes and Individual Differences

http://yorku.sona-systems.com/default.asp