PSYC 251 Lecture 7: Week 7 Online Lecture
15 Nov 2016
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Foundational theorists: freud, erikson, watson, skinner, bandura. General ethological/evolutionary theories: dodge"s information-processing theory; 2. - 2 perspectives dominated in the earlier days: psychoanalytic (subconscious) & behavioural (hypothesis driven and experimental based). No longer used, but people in humanity, psychiatrist learns about it. Still influential since he was one of the 1st to talk about importance of childhood and parenting. Main tenant: children must resolve sexual conflict at each stage or stuck in that stage. Erikson"s psychosocial theory (cid:523)freud"s student but not focused on sexuality). *stage theorist- seldom used although still popular in education. Tenant: child needs to develop own identity separate from parents; different stages with conflicts to. Paired associates in conditioning (little albert experiment) Systematic desensitization still used for treating phobias (one of the positive thing that came out. Classical conditioning: pairing unconditioned s + conditioned s conditioned response. * important to be consistent and not give in. Anything can be a reinforcer for child, ex.
