Opposed to the Pessimism of Psychoanalytic Theory and to the Machine-Like

question 226

Essay

Opposed to the pessimism of psychoanalytic theory and to the machine-like overtones of the behaviorist theory, the theory that is sometimes called "third force" psychology is the __________ theory.

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Definitions:

Imagined Presence

The psychological phenomenon of feeling or sensing that another person or entity is present when they are not.

Situational Attribution

involves attributing a person's behavior to external or environmental factors, rather than to internal personality traits.

Internal Attribution

The process of attributing the cause of one's own or another's behavior to personal factors or characteristics.

Dispositional Attribution

The tendency to attribute someone's behavior to their internal qualities or personality rather than to situational factors.