PSYC 3420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Geologic Time Scale, Her Majesty'S Ship, Behaviorism

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3420
• Professor: Krista Phillips

Document Summary

Psychologists don"t really look at the geological time scale the. Deep time; time frame within which we search for causes, way biologists do influences. This time scale is divided into units named by first events ex. After the fact method to look at possible causes of events. Affects the questions we ask and explanations we generate. This test is not solvable via verbal means. Note: darwin"s theory is not a theory about the origin of life; it is a theory that relates to the progress of change over time. Lamarck"s theory of acquired characteristics concluded that organisms themselves change over time] Made 4 observations: organisms are always adapted to their environments [falsely, environments change over time, laws of use and disuse [use it or lose it principle, structural changes passed to the next generation. This was a theory of progress as well; guided by belief that all living things change toward the better, towards perfection!