Psychology 1010 009 Class notes 8 26 14 8 28 14 5 56 PM Arousal Psychology 1010 009 Class notes 8 26 14 Professor Raymond Learning vs true learning Must be permanent Must cause a change in our behavior Must be able to sue or apply the knowledge Keys to true learning Motivation Experience Application Read the assigned pages BEFORE class HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY Wilhelm Wundt Study a little each day Elaborate Test yourself Application Started off as a shoot off from philosophy First formal psychological lab in 1879 Using introspection Theoretical Perspectives STRUCTURALISM Wanted to nd underlying structures that made up human psychology Founded by E B Titchener Used introspection Founded by William James In uences by Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection FUNCTIONALISM BEHAVIORISM John B Watson founder of behaviorism B F Skinner In uential behaviorist Focused on observable behavior Interested in the mechanisms of learning Still in uential today COGNITIVISM Jean Piaget Developmental psychologist Ulric Neisser Helped separate cognitivism as a new eld Believed that behaviorism ignored as essential part os psychology by ignoring cognitive thinking Concerned with information precess and interpretation Very strong eld of psychology today PSYCHOANALYSIS Sigmund Freud Founder of psychoanalysis Popular in Europe Focused on internal unconscious cause of behavior Page 1 of 4 Psychology 1010 009 Class notes 8 26 14 8 28 14 5 56 PM Psychology 1010 009 Class notes 8 26 14 Professor Raymond Must be able to sue or apply the knowledge First formal psychological lab in 1879 Wanted to nd underlying structures that made up human psychology In uences by Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection John B Watson founder of behaviorism Interested in the mechanisms of learning Jean Piaget Developmental psychologist Ulric Neisser Helped separate cognitivism as a new eld Believed that behaviorism ignored as essential part os psychology by ignoring cognitive thinking Concerned with information precess and interpretation Very strong eld of psychology today Sigmund Freud Founder of psychoanalysis Focused on internal unconscious cause of behavior Page 2 of 4 Psychology 1010 009 Class notes 8 26 14 8 28 14 5 56 PM Very controversial in modern psychology GREAT DEBATES Nature vs Nurture Nature Behavior is genetically predetermined Nurture All behavior is shaped by the environment Truth both are important in uential in behavior Free Will Vs Determinism Free Will We are consciously capable of choosing our behavior Determinism Behavior is dictated by several unconscious in uences from the environment Debate still continues today PSYCHOLOGY What is psychology Hard to de ne Study of the mind brain and behavior It spans multiple levels of analysis What makes psychology interesting distinct Behavior is dif cult to predict Almost all behaviors are multiply determined Psychological in uences are rarely independent from each other Individual differences Reciprocal determinism Behavior is often culturally in uenced Page 3 of 4 Very controversial in modern psychology Psychology 1010 009 Class notes 8 26 14 8 28 14 5 56 PM Nature Behavior is genetically predetermined Nurture All behavior is shaped by the environment Truth both are important in uential in behavior Free Will We are consciously capable of choosing our behavior Determinism Behavior is dictated by several unconscious in uences from the environment Study of the mind brain and behavior What makes psychology interesting distinct Almost all behaviors are multiply determined Psychological in uences are rarely independent from each other Behavior is often culturally in uenced Page 4 of 4
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