PSY260H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Erasmus Darwin, Tabula Rasa
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Chapter 1: the psychology of learning and memory. Learning: the process by which changes in the behaviour arise a result of experience interacting with the world. Memory: the record of our past experiences, which are acquired through learning. Idealized society some rule, while others serve". Education and experience allow common people to transcend their class: william james habits are built up from inborn reflexes through learning; memory is built up through networks of associations. Ivan pavlov in classical condition, animals learn through experience to predict future events: edward thorndike the law of effect (instrumental condition) an animal"s behaviours increase or decrease depending on the consequences that follow the response. Team nativism knowledge is inborn: plato most of our knowledge is inborn and acquire during past lifetimes of the soul, rene descartes the mind and the body are distinct entities, governed by different laws. Taught the first course in psychology made the textbook principles of psychology.
