PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: John B. Watson, Little Albert Experiment, Pierre Janet

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Clark, Luke

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Jean - martin charcot (1825-1893) & pierre janet 11859-1947 ) French physicians interested in patients w/ " odd" symptoms. Hysteria - loss of function that has no obvious physical origin. Studied effects of cocaine & sexual anatomy. " nervous disorders " part of the mind containing into people aren"t aware of. > believed patients suffered painful childhood experiences that they didn"t allow themselves to remember. Repressed memories psychoanalytic theory - emphasizes influence of the unconscious on feelings , thoughts , behaviour. Freud believed patients" dreams and free associations have unconscious meaning in their minds. * william james didn"t have same views as freud. Behaviorism - approach to psych that restricts scientific inquiry to observable behaviour. Ivan pavlov - 1849-1936 russian physiologist dog experiment ; stimulus and salivation response a neutral stimulus ( no reaction ) unconditioned stimulus conditioned stimulus. Built the skinner box (cid:8869) cage w/ a lever, when pressed by a hungry rat delivered food through a tube.