PSYC 4010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: John B. Watson, Mary Cover Jones, Albert Bandura
15 Apr 2013
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Mechanism: the whole is equal to the sum of its parts. Behaviourism developed in the prominence of newtonian science. Newtonian science: introspection, revelation, reason and ordinary experience. Materialism: scientific principles could be applied to the study of living organism. Classical conditioning - digestive glands in dogs. Conditioned reflex - salivation at the sight of the bread was learned; a bell (conditioned stimulus) salivation (conditioned reflex) Conditioning process - a bell (conditioned stimulus) was repeatedly sounded before food (unconditioned stimulus) was placed in a dog"s mouth to produce salivation (unconditioned reflex) His method was based upon the principles of objective observation of behaviour, and placed emphasis on the importance of the environment in shaping human development. Two important aspects to watson"s view of psychology: environment is all-important, heavily influenced by the work of pavlov on the conditioned reflex. Little albert - 9 month child - fear of a white rat and any animal that was white.
