CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Social Learning Theory, Operant Conditioning, Little Albert Experiment

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 1F90
• Professor: Rebecca Raby

Document Summary

A set of concepts and propositions that describe, organize, and explain a set of observations. Conflict of individual"s instinct and societal norms for behaviour. Id instinctual urges; don"t act on it. Ego helps to govern between the id and superego. Superego societal norm; do what"s right. Stages propose shifts in focus on parts of body. Latency (6 -11 years) not much happens development wise. Viewed children as more active in development than freud. More emphasis on social and cultural influences on development. A focus on environment and social nature of conflict. Psychoanalytical theories idea of unconscious motivation focus on later consequences of early experiences. No real evidence of early conflicts affecting adult personality. Only overt behaviours should be measured and analyzed. Strong emphasis on environmental influences recall locke"s tabula rasa blank slate. Exposed albert to a rat never been exposed before.