PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Psychological Association, James Olds, Roger Wolcott Sperry

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Bruce Tsuji

Document Summary

Behaviourism: pavlov (1849-1936) ; watson (1878-1958); skiner (1904-1990, psychology = the scienti c study of behaviour, behaviour = overt or observable responses only, stimulus= any input from the environment, internal, non-observable behaviour not legitimate topic in psychology. Behaviourism: b. f. skinner nurture: environmental factors determine behaviour, responses that lead to +ve outcomes repeated - positive, responses that lead to -ve outcomes not repeated - negative, controversy: free will & nature vs nurture debate. Humanism (or positive) psychology: believe in our core, humans are truly good (which is completely opposite from freud and. Skinner"s views: abraham maslow, carl rogers, uniqueness and capacity for choice, growth, psychological health, human beings innately good. Cognition: cognition= mental processes in acquiring and manipulating knowledge, computers led to thinking about human behaviour in different ways, mid 20th century: eniac, piaget, chomsky, simon, weizenbaum, computing methods to study internal mental events.