PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sound Recording And Reproduction, Behaviorism, Libido
14 Feb 2018
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The study of behavior and mental processes. Is any activity that can be observed, recorded, and measured. Unlike behaviors, these can not be observed directly. Psychologist make inferences about them based on behaviors. In order to learn you must understand the consequences of bad decisions. Plato (427-347 b. c. ) dualism (soul can exist separately from the body) Aristotle (384-322 b. c. ) soul and body as one, intellect, reason, desire, Applied scientific principles to the study of the human mind. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts . Believed that disorders of the nervous system were the result of the unconscious. Emphasized the importance of childhood experiences in the development of personality. Formed the basis of what is now modern psychotherapy-however was very unscientific. Founder of behaviorism or the science of behavior . Behaviorism emerged really as a reaction to the unscientific approach of psychoanalysis etc.
