PSY 321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Walter Mischel, Observational Learning, Behaviorism
1 May 2017
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Definition: the idea that all knowledge comes from experience. Experience is not something that produces or exists separately from reality, but the direct product of reality itself. The structure of reality deter- mines personality, the structure of the mind and, by extension, our behavior. Rationalism: the opposing view, thinks that structure of the mind determines our experience of reality. The mind of a newborn baby: tabula rasa (blank slate: associaitonism. Definition: any two things, including ideas, become mentally associated as one if they are repeatedly experienced close together in time. Occurs as the result of a cause and- effect relationship: hedonism and utilitarianism. Hedonism provides an answer for why people do anything at all. It claims that people learn for two reasons: to seek pleasure and avoid pain. These fundamental motivations explain why rewards and punishments shape behavior. The simplest way behavior changes as a result of experience.
