PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Karl Lashley, Classical Conditioning, Behaviorism
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John b. watson and b. f. skinner argued that behaviour could be explained without regarding either introspection or physiology. Karl lashley and ivan pavlov believed that physiology and psychology were complementary. They all believed that: behaviour is the only proper subject for psychology and disregarded subjective experienced as a legitimate topic. Became interested in natural science after being inspired from reading darwin digestive system. Became interested in physiology and became a medical doctor. Won the nobel prize in 1904 for his research on physiology of the. However, he became famous for his work on conditioned reflexes. His work on the physiology of the central nervous system using the procedure he called conditioned reflexes seemed appropriate during the communist takeover in russia. The doctrine of conditioned reflexes was one of the foundations of materialism in biology: materialism- doctrine that physical events constitute the only.
