PSYC 2500H Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Object Permanence, Behaviorism, Tabula Rasa

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2500H
• Professor: Nancie Im- Bolter

Document Summary

Maturation of the sex instinct underlies stages of personality dev. & that the manner that parents manage kids instinctual impulses determines the trait that children display: id= inborn component of personality driven by instinct, ego= rational component of personality, super ego= consists of 2s internalized moral standards. Learn to trust vs. view world as dangerous. Conclusions about development should be based on observations of overt behavior. Association"s btwn external stimuli & observable responses are building blocks of dev. We repeat acts that lead to favorable outcomes & suppress those that lead to unfavorable outcomes. Reinforce (desirable consequence of act that increases probability of it being reacted) Punisher (consequence of act that suppresses act or decreases probability of it being repeated. People are cognitive, they think about their behavior and its consequences so more affected by what they believe will happen that by what they experience. Observational learning (learning that results from observing others beh. )