PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Radical Behaviorism, Donald Broadbent, Forgetting Curve

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Michele Moscicki

Document Summary

Psychology: scientific study of behaviour and the mind. Behaviour: actions and responses we can directly observe. Mind: internal states and processes such as thoughts and feelings. Must be inferred from observable. measurable responses. 6. motivational states (e. g. hunger, sex, thirst) - exp. on nonhuman animals. Sciences related to psychology: medicine, biology, anthropology, economics, sociology, engineering, computer science. William james (1842 - 1910): the father of psychology. Helped widen the scope of psychology to include the study of various biological and mental processes + overt behaviour. Chose a career he didn"t love but makes money (medicine) depression, confusion, world-travelling psychology. Although functionalism no longer exists as a school of thought in psychology, its tradition is in modern day fields such as cognitive and evolutionary psychology. Founded a modern, scientific approach to human nature. Nikolaas tinbergen (ethologist - animal behaviour study) Tinbgergen"s four why questions around how and why an animal exhibited a certain behaviour.