Post by aggelosstamos on Nov 24, 2017 18:32:09 GMT
Psychological phenomenon: (3)My boyfriend sometimes hits me, but I know I love him.
Behaviorist Approach: In accordance to the behaviorist models this ought to be a byproduct of conditioning. This conditioning can be either classical or operant. From a classical conditioning viewpoint one example can be growing up in a household with an abusive parent were after being hit by them receiving an apology or a form of making up, which one can see as love. Being abused could be the conditioned stimulus leading to "love" being the unconditioned response. This can also extend to operant conditioning as knowing that this form of positive punishment leads to the "loving" behavior.
Cognitive Social Approach: From my point of view this psychological phenomenon can be explained through the principal of cognitive dissonance. The person being abused feels discomfort as their significant other, who the love, acts in a way opposite to that feeling and as result the individual attempts to minimize the significance of it in order to reduce that discomfort. In order to do so they may praise phrases such as "they love me", "not that big of a deal", "I deserved it" etc in order to bring their thoughts of the other person in line with their actions to reduce that feeling of discomfort.
Freud's Psychoanalytic approach: Freud would attempt to explain this phenomenon through our inner conflict. He would argue that the id would confuse these beastly instincts of love and hate, as humans are irrational beings. He would also argue that our morals and ideals of society would attempt to influence the understanding of this phenomenon and as a result the ego would attempt to mediate it. Furthermore in order to explain the aspect of loving someone despite this behavior Freud would say that it is due to repression (ignoring what happened) or displaced aggression (taking it out on someone else).
Social Constructionism: Social construction would argue that in order to explain this phenomenon we would have to take what is real for that person. First we would have to take in to consideration cultural relativism, as maybe in that particular society that behavior might be acceptable or a norm (abusive behavior may be objectified) due to historic, geographic or cultural specific reasons.
Behaviorist Approach: In accordance to the behaviorist models this ought to be a byproduct of conditioning. This conditioning can be either classical or operant. From a classical conditioning viewpoint one example can be growing up in a household with an abusive parent were after being hit by them receiving an apology or a form of making up, which one can see as love. Being abused could be the conditioned stimulus leading to "love" being the unconditioned response. This can also extend to operant conditioning as knowing that this form of positive punishment leads to the "loving" behavior.
Cognitive Social Approach: From my point of view this psychological phenomenon can be explained through the principal of cognitive dissonance. The person being abused feels discomfort as their significant other, who the love, acts in a way opposite to that feeling and as result the individual attempts to minimize the significance of it in order to reduce that discomfort. In order to do so they may praise phrases such as "they love me", "not that big of a deal", "I deserved it" etc in order to bring their thoughts of the other person in line with their actions to reduce that feeling of discomfort.
Freud's Psychoanalytic approach: Freud would attempt to explain this phenomenon through our inner conflict. He would argue that the id would confuse these beastly instincts of love and hate, as humans are irrational beings. He would also argue that our morals and ideals of society would attempt to influence the understanding of this phenomenon and as a result the ego would attempt to mediate it. Furthermore in order to explain the aspect of loving someone despite this behavior Freud would say that it is due to repression (ignoring what happened) or displaced aggression (taking it out on someone else).
Social Constructionism: Social construction would argue that in order to explain this phenomenon we would have to take what is real for that person. First we would have to take in to consideration cultural relativism, as maybe in that particular society that behavior might be acceptable or a norm (abusive behavior may be objectified) due to historic, geographic or cultural specific reasons.