PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Little Albert Experiment, Psyccritiques, Classical Conditioning
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Bce: aristotle used observation and questioning to understand the body-psyche relationship. Questions were answered through observation (and guesses) Defined psychology as science of mental life . Added two key elements to enhance scientific nature of psychology. Elements included carefully measured observations and experiments. Encouraged introspection, reporting on sensations and other elements of experiences in reaction to stimuli. Used these introspective reports to build a view of the mind"s structure. Studied human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and asked: How you perceive things and using experience. You control how to perceive things (roller coaster vs. broken train down a hill) Transfer of excitation: heightened awareness/arousal because of body response to adrenaline. Became monroy researcher and first apa female president. Studied with james but discriminated against and denied phd. Studied with titchener but barred from his psychology organization. Defined psychology as scientific study of observable behavior without reference to mental processes. Became major force in psychology into 1960s.
