Psychology 2550A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gordon Allport, Body Image, Little Albert Experiment
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An infant could be conditioned to fear an animal. If this fear could be transferred to other animals. 2: skinner said that psychology should measure explain and change objectively observable behaviour, personality would then just be the factors that lead you to behave the way that you do. Behaviour is controlled entirely by consequences: consequences can have two effects on behaviour: Decreased (punishment: stimulus response learning in the presence of certain stimuli you perform a response in order to obtain a reward or avoid punishment. What controls behaviour are stimuli that signal reward is available and how that reward is administered; ie a slot machine: learned emotional responses, behaviour is controlled by its consequences. Behaviour modification (operant conditioning in an applied setting) 3: more likely to engage in behaviours towards the top of the hierarchy. 4: why we act aggressively, specific to frustration, or is it possible in other states.
