PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Classical Conditioning, B. F. Skinner, The Reflex
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Psychology as a discipline is in some way or another, concerned with learning. Psy 2130 november 14, 2012: central position of behavioral perspectives on personality. Humans have the longest period biologists called neoteny , which is the time with which babies are dependent on their parents. During this period, parents invest a great deal of effort in socializing our young, and as a discipline, psychology has invested an incredible amount of research in sorting out this process. Experience in a can affect experiences later down the road in b. cognitive psychologist are interested in memory, and thought processes that are involved in peoples ability to learn. All personality psychologists begin studying personality by looking at behavior. The emphasis has not been on the behaviors themselves, but looking at these behaviors an interpreting them as something we cannot see. For example, listening to people free associate (behavior), and analyzing the contents (unconscious processes).
