PS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 1: Ulric Neisser, Little Albert Experiment, Albert Bandura
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The belief that people"s behaviours are based on their unconscious desires and conflicts. Freud developed psychoanalysis, that aimed to resolve unconscious conflicts. Behaviourism - psychological research should only focus on behaviour you can observe. Proposed research findings from the study of animals could help explain human. Found that dogs could learn to associate a bell with an automatic behaviour such as salivation for food, this is called classical conditioning. He conducted the little albert experiment demonstrating the children (people) could be behaviour. He developed operant conditioning to shape behaviour. Used to train dogs (rewards for desirable behaviour) He describes learning by social observation in children and several species of primates. Humanistic psychologists stressed that a person has a capacity for personal growth and the freedom to choose his or hr destiny and positive qualities. Developed client centered therapy which said that people are innately good. Developed a theory of motivation that consists of a hierarchy of needs.
