PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Heredity, Behaviorism, Empiricism

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Psychologist study: how you act (behaviour/covert, how you think (mental/covert, how you feel (covert & overt, how your brain and body respond (psychological/covert) Radical behaviourism (enforced importance of observable research behaviour should be main) Redefined existence of internal/mental events as private events (cid:862)people are (cid:272)o(cid:374)trolled (cid:271)y their e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, (cid:374)ot (cid:271)y the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es. (cid:863) free will i an illu ion. Believed mental processes were not a proper subject since they are private events. Nature vs nurture downplayed importance of heredity. Related responses to observable events in the environment. Behaviourism: is a theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behaviour. Behaviour refers to any observable response or activity by an organism. A stimulus is any detectable input from the environment contributed to psych animal research. Positive psychology: uses theory and research to better understand well-being and positive human qualities. 1st focus subjective experiences (positive emotions) happiness, love, hope.