PSYC 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Tabula Rasa, Edward B. Titchener
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Starter: why study behavioral psychology: benefits to daily life and to self-reflection. Behavior and learning: behavior: any activity of an organism that can be observed or measured. It does not need to be observable- it can be a feeling (internal: learning: a relatively permanent change in behavior that results from an experience. It does not have to be immediate and it can be extended for a long period of time o o. Two types of learning: classical conditioning (pavlovian, he found a way to train dogs by pairing the ringing of the bell plus the food to make them salivate. If i throw a tantrum in the grocery store because i want candy, parents are. Historical background of behavioral psychology: nativist vs. empiricist, nativist, empiricist. Everything we know in life, we are born with. Any learning is just bringing out what is already inside of people. 4 laws of association (it helps for studying) get associated together readily.
