PSY 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Goldilocks Principle, The Takeaway, Classical Conditioning
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Norms empirical data: average / typical / standard behavior. Psychoanalytical theories unconscious desires: freud"s psychosexual theory early experiences impact us, even if we don"t remember them, arose from psychoanalytical perspective. Oral mouth ( hands / items in mouth ) Anal anus ( pooping and potty training ) Phallic genitals ( boys with hands in pants ) Theories of behavior what we do: behaviorism, association ( pavlov and classical conditioning , consequences ( skinner and operant conditioning , observation ( bandura ) Cognitive theories what we think: piaget"s theory of cognitive development, understanding how and what children think, understand and believe helps predict their developmental stages. Sensorimotor ( 0 2 ) the child begins to interact with the environment. Preoperational ( 2 6 or 7 ) the child begins to represent the world symbolically. Concrete operational ( 7 11 or 12 ) the child learns rules such as conservation.
