Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Elizabeth Loftus, Tabula Rasa, Albert Bandura

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Behavioral perspective focuses on the role of the external environment in governing our actions behaviour is jointly determined by habit learned from previous life experiences and by stimuli in our immediate environment roots in philosophical school of british empiricism. John locke- at birth, the human mind is a tabula rasa, a black slate upon which experiences are written. Iva pavlov- learning occurs when events are associated with each other: edward thorndike- law of effect, responses followed by satisfying consequences bcome more likely to recur, those followed the unsatisfying consequences are less likely to recur. Behaviourism a school of thought that emphasizes environmental control of behaviour through learning. Cognitive behaviourism attention, memory could be rigorously studied learning experiences and the environment affect our behaviour by giving us the information we need to behave effectively: albert bandura- environment does not automatically stamp in or stamp out behaviours.