PSYC 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Rosalie Rayner, Psychological Review, James Mill
31 Oct 2017
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Conducted by watson & lab assistant/lover rosalie rayner. Child distracted while watson strikes steel rod with hammer. Hammer strike paired with (previously ns) white rat child elicits fear response. Incorrect narrative in textbook does not generalize fear to all things fuzzy/white. Body only locke, berkeley, hume, james mill, comte. Watson proposed a new definition of psychology the study of behavior. Watson attempts to find an empirical science, but fails. Watson"s conditioning works when associations are made between stimuli and responses. Conclusion adult fears/anxieties/phobias = conditioned emotional responses that were established in infancy/childhood and stay throughout rest of lives. Announced intentional goals of founding a new school of thought. Angell and loeb = mentors while in graduate/doctorate programs (university of chicago) Cattell invited him to lecture on behaviorism (cornell 1912) Was not faithful in relationships constantly cheated on wives. Psychic/mental concepts had no value for psychological science. Psychological review (watson, 1913) official launch of behaviorism.
