ANTA01H3 Study Guide - Behavioral Medicine, Chemical Element, Humanistic Psychology
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Classic conditioning would then become a focus of behaviourism which fouced on studying only observable behaviour with little to no reference to mental events or instincts as possible influences on behaviour: behaviourist believed that the foundation of psychology could be established though conducting experiments on how rewards and punishments motivate and influence our behaviour. They were trying to understand how political propaganda could affect people (cid:224)psychologists emphasized the importance of indivudal factors in determining behaviour. (i. e. not everyone can easily fall for propaganda or manipulation) (cid:224) social and personality psychology is the study of the influence of other people on our behaviour. Jesse purdy, a psychology professor studied social behaviours of seals in antarctica, conducts research on a cuttlefish, which is close to an octopus. Psychologists work in a wide range of areas, not just the stereotypical lab room. Psychologists deal with a wide range of behaviours. Any field that uses thinking or behaving, you will label as psychology.
