PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psy, Sociobiology, Operational Definition

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

Document Summary

The study of mental events is unscientific because they are private and thus cannot be measured. Mental events cannot be defined, observed or measured. We learn that certain behaviors will be reinforced. We do not repeat behavior that has been reinforced. We repeat behaviors because of positive or negative consequences. Role of unconscious is determining our behavior. Much of behavior and emotions are repressed. Repressed, unconscious influences dictate our personality and. Deterministic- behavior is determined by unconscious drives behavior. Critized as being unscientific; because repressed memories it cannot be proved. Directly related to the subjects external environment. Deterministic- all behavior is determined by consequential events (reinforcement, punishment) If behavior is inappropriate it is because of poor learning, behavior can be re-learned (or corrected) by going back to the root of the negative behavior. A social psychologist studies social environment and it"s affects (social attitudes, social learning) Genetics is not related because it is biological.