PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Abnormal Psychology, Emotional Expression, Karl Lashley
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Psy 105 overview of major perspectives chapter 1 notes. Social learning: biological, cognitive, social/cultural, evolutionary. Developed theory to explain odd symptoms presented by paitents" in his clinical practice. The impact of childhood experiences on adult self. Part of the mind that is not accessible in everyday life. Unconscious motives influence our thoughts and behaviours. Emotion is central in this theory: distressing emotion is caused by conflict among personality structures. Carl rogers (call them clients" or persons", not patients"!) Should focus on positive side of humanity, not just negative. Distress arises, in part, from conditions of worth (what conditions people place upon. In part, a reaction to psychoanalytic ideas us) Argued that psychology should be: empirically based, focused on observable behavior and actions, not the mind! Skinner showed that behaviour changes as a result of external punishments and rewards: free will is an illusion. We learn from observation and modeling (skinner did not consider this part of learning)