Aristotle’s Biopsychosocial Model of Psychology and Conceptualization of Character

Download or read book Aristotle’s Biopsychosocial Model of Psychology and Conceptualization of Character written by Daniel E. Lee, Psy.D. and published by Daniel E. Lee, Psy.D.. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristotle formulated a multidimensional, biopsychosocial and dynamic model of psychology and conceptualization of character that prefigured and is congruent with many aspects of contemporary models of psychology. Since ancient times, Aristotle’s work has provided an elaborate, detailed, and highly operationalized model of psychology and conceptualization of character that is in congruence with and/or conceptually related to theoretical, operationally defined and empirically researched constructs found in contemporary clinical psychology. The various constitutive elements of Aristotle’s model of psychology (e.g., sensation, perception, judgment, wish, biologically-based passions, habituated emotional responses, opinion, will, imagination, memory, recollection, and rational thought) are reviewed and explicated, and an explanation is offered as to how these constitutive elements are woven together to form his conceptualization of character.