PSY 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Psychological Review, Systematic Desensitization, Egosyntonic And Egodystonic
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E. g. , little albert, watson & raynor (1920) 1913 - psychology as the behaviorist views it published in psychological. Psychology had failed to develop as a natural science because it had focused on consciousness. Consciousness was neither a definable nor a useful term. Since consciousness could not be studied, there was no need for introspection. Goal of psychology was the study behavior. Psychology should become the science of the observation, prediction and control of behavior. After reading pavlov, watson concluded that the conditioned reflex was central to all behavior. Watson seemed to lack visual imagery; thinking for him was simply the habit of. As a toddler, when we would say everything we were thinking our parents would tell us to be quiet, that"s why we learn to keep some things to ourselves. Whereas watson had earlier granted instinct a role, now environment and conditioning were omnipotent. (1928) watson (with raynor) wrote psychological care of infant and child, a dogmatic child-rearing manual.
