PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Behaviorism
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Psy240: nature (biological) vs. nurture (environment, there were multiple paradigm shifts in psychology, psychoanalytical. Freud believed that the source of abnormal behaviour is from subconscious conflict, which is caused by thoughts or experiences you"ve experienced in the past. In psychoanalysis, free association is used, where the client says whatever comes to mind. In classical psychoanalysis, psychologists don"t ask questions, don"t offer interpretations of what the client is saying and don"t interrupt the client. A subconscious conflict shows up when the client makes a slip, (i. e. "i didn"t mean to say that"): behaviourism.
