PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Scapegoating, Genetic Programming, Ethology
1 Dec 2016
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Chapter i: early instinct theories: instinct as an explanation for motivated behaviors reached popularity during the later 1800s and early 1900s. Instinct acted as a theoretical bridge between human and animal: nominal fallacy: although popular, instinct theories were found to be not scientifically sound because merely naming a behavior (as this or that instinct) does not explain it. Rather, it is necessary to specify the conditions under which behavior occurs to arrive at a cause-effect relationship: william james: instincts are similar to reflexes in that they occur blindly; meaning automatically without knowledge or end or goal. Instinct: what differentiates us from animals is our capacity to control instinct and actions, william mcdougall: psychology must discover and classify various instincts. Child plays with toy, as matures enjoys have stories read to them: several instincts may be triggered creating a resulting behavior that is a blend of the excited instincts (ex.
