PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture 2: Early Behaviourism: Watson
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At age 29, watson was offered a full professorship at johns hopkins. At age 36, became president of the american psychological association (apa) Pattern we are noticing: many of these theorists were head of the apa at one point in time. Humans are born with a number of reflexes: physical, emotional. Reflexes can be brought about by specific stimuli (reflexes can be brought to respond to once-neutral stimuli through cc) Transfer: the making of similar responses for a variety of related stimuli (another word for generalization) He stated that phobias were probably either a fear of the original stimulus or that they had been transferred to other stimuli, as the person grew older. Shows how we can use cc in practical experiences. Enuresis = bed wetting (it is habitual) Child wets the bed electrical circuit causes bell to ring (us) Shows how cc can be used from an application perspective. Conditioned taste aversion: another practical application of cc.
