CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Abraham Maslow, Classical Conditioning, Donald O. Hebb

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Tracy Dunne

Document Summary

Father of psychology, studied the mind by breaking it down to its basic components. Student of wundt, first lab in us, introduced. Functionalism: psychology should study the functions of consciousness, structuralists ask how while functionalists ask why. Psychodynamic: cause of behavior is the inner workings of our personality (the unconsciousness) focuses on: 1) internal and primarily unconscious psychological forces 2) unresolved conflicts from the past. Phobias, ego, wish fulfillment, psychosomatic disorders, defense mechanisms, repressed memories, free association. Psychoanalysis: humans have strong inborn sexual and aggressive drives, adult personality is largely determined by childhood experiences, defense mechanisms help us cope with anxiety and trauma. Founded behaviorism: behavior is caused by external environment. Stimuli in our immediate environment make us act. B. f. skinner (1904-1990) through association of events with one another. Thorndike"s law of effect (1911): behaviors followed by satisfying consequences become more likely to recur. Behaviors followed by unsatisfying consequences are less likely to recur.