PSY 401 1st Edition Lecture 31 Outline of Last Lecture I Behaviorism a Edward Lee Thorndike i Conclusions of Research II Behaviorism a John B Watson i PhD ii John Hopkins University iii APA President iv Rosalie Rayner v J Walter Thompson Advertising Co Outline of Current Lecture I Behaviorism a John B Watson i Objective Psychology ii Emotion iii Thinking iv Child Rearing Current Lecture I Behaviorism a John B Watson i Objective Psychology 1 Anti mentalism based on Pavlovian Conditioning a Cannot objectively study the mind b Extremely reductionist c Goal is to find basic learning mechanism 2 Goal of Psychology predict and control behavior a Very interested in applying it to society as a whole 3 Radical Environmentalism very tabula Rasa based ii Emotion 1 Three basic emotions fear rage love 2 Conditioned Emotional reactions a Little Albert i Conditioning study with Rosalie Rayner These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute ii First step see if Albert is scared or not scared of normal things iii First emotion fear 1 Gave little albert a little white rate and paired it with loud noise 2 Gained fear of white rats 3 Looked to see if the response was generalized so the researcher presented anything white and fluffy They found that Albert was even scared of Santa 4 The goal was to see if you could fix fears via classical conditioning but he did not get a chance because of affair scandal 3 Mary Cover Jones 1896 1987 a Little Peter i Scared of white rabbits Jones gave peter candy every time she presented white rabbit ii Counter conditioning undoing a conditions response 1 Replace aversive behavior with positive behavior iii Thinking 1 Sub vocal speech so thought is just language that is very quiet 2 Very different than structuralist s ideas 3 Studied verbal chords and other things to look at thinking iv Child Rearing 1 Psychological Care of the Infant and Child a Similar ideas to Locke s hardening exercises 2 Treat kids like adults 3 Thought psychologists should raise children instead of the parents like farms a Wanted a European Society
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