Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tabula Rasa, Reaction Formation, Observational Learning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

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Psych 2035a july 13th, 2015 lecture 02! Freud, skinner, watson, etc. that will summarize the chapters for you. !- won"t ask about speci c dates, names may be asked but only if it is a major person, like. Textbook is important, try to cover whole chapter, but go through the slides that he puts up. * personality is an individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioural traits ! * trait - durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations ! * unique constellation - every has a set of unique traits! * consistent - one"s behaviour is stable over time and situations! Mental events may be conscious, preconscious, or unconscious. Conscious - mental events that we are presently aware of. Preconscious - memories, thoughts, feelings, and images that we are unaware of at ! the moment but can be called into conscious awareness.