Reading Questions
Robert Nye - Three Psychologies Chapter 1

1. What is Nye's recommendation for dealing with different (and sometimes contradictory) theoretical explanations for behavior?
2. What are the main points that Nye highlights in Freud's view?
3. What are the main points that Nye highlights in Skinner's view?
4. What are the main points that Nye highlights in Rogers' view?

Reading Questions
Robert Nye - Three Psychologies Chapter 2

1. What does Nye mean by calling Freud a "strict determinist"?  That is, what is a "strict determinist"?
2. What methods did Freud develop out of a dissatisfaction with hypnosis?
3. Give Freud's definitions of the unconscious, preconscious, and conscious.
4. Explain the basic features of the id and the principle under which it operates.
5. Explain the basic features of the ego and the principle under which it operates.
6. Explain the basic features of the superego.
7. List the five psychosexual stages of development and the age ranges during which they are roughly supposed to occur.
8. Explain the notion of a defense mechanism in Freud's view.
9. Explain Freud's therapeutic technique of free association.