PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rosalie Rayner, Edward Thorndike, Operant Conditioning

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

John locke (1632-1704) and tabula rasa : blank slate = tabula rasa. In space: group of people over here and another over there. In feature: line of smileys with one green and rest yellow. Ivan pavlov (1849-1936: work helped to see psychology as a science, nobel prize in 1904, biology in study of digestive system, physiologist. Julia + toyota: pair julia with toyota and get sexual arousal. Just the toyota: feelings towards her now spilling over to toyota = sexually aroused by toyota. Ns (toyota) + us (attractive model) ur (sexual arousal) Ns (bell) + us (food) ur (salivation) Ns (routine) + us (heroine) ur (lower endorphin) John broadus watson (1878-1958): the father of behaviourism: hates psychology, thought it belonged with philosophy department not biology, rosalie rayner (1898-1935, little albert (1919-1925) Before conditioning: ns: rat no fear, ucs: steel bar hit with hammer natural response: fear. During conditioning: ns: rat + ucs: steel bar hit with hammer natural response: fear.