PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Empiricism, Donald O. Hebb, Ethnocentrism
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Psychology: psyche = soul , logos = study of a subject. Introspection method systemic self-observation of one"s own conscious experience. Behaviorism - lead by john b. watson. Is a theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior: watson. Wanted psychologists to abandon the study of consciousness altogether. In the behaviorists approach, consciousness was deleted from their scope of concern and they no longer needed to study human subjects, it was thought that animals would make better research subjects. Attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants (causes)of behavior. Unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders. It was argued that both idea failed to recognize the unique qualities of human behavior. In the 1950ls both ideas blended into an alliance that became known as humanism. Argued that human behavior is governed primarily by each individuals sense of self which animals presumably lack.
