Know Thyself

Here’s my mini-course on self-analysing ourselves from different models developed by psychologists, behaviourists and cognitivists.

TL; TR

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way did not become still more complicated. — Poul Anderson

Complete analysis of human behaviour is immensely complex because people’s information processing ability is often limited, emotional or irrational.

Disclaimer — I update this post recursively.

Behaviour analysis can take two approaches to analyse motivations that lead to final decisions.

These views/approaches are:

• Behaviourist (collective)
• Cognitivist (individual)

Behaviourist Approach

This approach assumes that observed behaviour is the most important aspect and what really counts.

Here, people are considered to be information transmitters with high similar characteristics, with less regard for individualism and high regard for collectivism.

In this approach, it is assumed that behaviour is rational and can be understood by means of studying human characteristics independently, by putting emphasising on human’s actions and observing them.

Cognitivist Approach

This approach assumes the key process to be the comprehension of a person’s inner thought processes within mind.

Here, the behaviour is assumed to be not predictable and irrational which can never be completely understood because of emphasis on what a person can be.

In the cognitivists approach, people are considered as a resource that generates information that needs to be studied as whole because each individual is considered to be unique, with high regard for individualism and less regard for collectivism.

Here, we divulge into some of the models that have been developed in the last couple of years. we break them down, based on these approaches in mind.