PSYCH 137C Chapter 3: Chapter 3
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Freud founder of psychoanalysis (distinguished between the conscious and unconscious mind) Skinner founder of radical behaviorism (behaviors are shaped or conditioned by their consequences positive consequences make behaviors more likely, negative consequences make behaviors less likely) Theory: interconnected set of beliefs, knowledge, and assumptions that related to understanding a phenomenon. 1. tend to be described formally; someone has articulated a set of explicit premises and explained the predictions derived from those premises. 2: make predictions that withstand multiple tests. Features that contributed to successful reproduction were passed down to subsequent generations, features that prevented or diminished successful reproduction gradually died out. Human beings must reproduce in order to pass their genes to the next generation. Evolutionary psychology: assumes that the mind (like other organs) evolved in response to specific selection pressures led some preferences and capacities to be associated with more successful reproduction and others with less successful reproduction. Any feature of an organism may be adaptive for:
