PSYC 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Dualism (Philosophy Of Mind), Reflexology, Model Organism
19 Sep 2016
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Chapter 1: background and rationale for the study of learning and behavior. Our quality of life depends on our actions and the actions of others. Any systematic effort to understand behavior must include consideration of what we learn and how we learn it. Behaviorist tradition- emphasizes analyzing behavior in terms of its antecedent stimuli and consequences. Most of what we do occurs without conscious awareness. Behavioral psychology was overshadowed by the cognitive revolution in the end of the. Historical antecedents: theoretical approaches to the study of learning have their roots in the philosophy. Before descartes, it was thought that human behavior was determined solely by conscious intent and free will: descartes came up with the theory of cartesian dualism. Dualism- the view of behavior according to which actions can be separated into 2 categories: voluntary behavior controlled by the mind and involuntary behavior controlled by mechanisms.
