PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociobiology, Psy, Ethology

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Elizabeth Campbell

Document Summary

All behaviour is determined by consequential events (reinforcement, punishment) If behaviour is inappropriate, it is because of poor learning (reinforcement wqas given inappropriately) Study of social environment and its effects. Attacks situations with emphasis on the environment and social factors surrounding situation (career: male or female? based on answer, it continues, are you a male who works? to see the background for your answers) Most of human behaviour can be explained through evolutionary/genetic principles. Emphasis on the study of animal behaviour (ethology) Deterministic theory you do not have an option in why you do what you do. We act the way we do not because of learning but because of the principles of evolution (survival of the species and more specifically, survival of personal genes) S. freud (late 19th, early 20th century) in vienne, austria. Role of the unconscious in determining our behaviour. Overt emotional expression is not allowed, especially in upper class. All emotions are repressed into the unconscious.