PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Little Albert Experiment, Operant Conditioning, Behaviorism

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1001
• Professor: Caleb Owens

Document Summary

Back to wundt: first experimental lab in leipzig 1879, so controlled experiments, but unlike most students now, at the time he wasn"t really interested in mental health or psychological problems. He wanted to know how our mind/brain works fundamental questions: students came from everywhere and went everywhere. Still a fact: how does the brain and mind work one of the many fundamental questions he asked. Structuralism to the usa: edward titchener (1867-1927): a student of wundt (british and moved later to cornell. University in the usa) again based on introspection. How does it work: from wiki: titchener had very strict guidelines for the reporting of an introspective analysis. The subject would be presented with an object, such as a pencil. The subject would then report the characteristics of that pencil (color, length, etc. ). Two movements that had problems with that: functionalism (usa william james, gestalt movement (germany wertheimer & colleagues)