PSY-1200 Lecture 2: Psych Lecture Notes2
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William james started rst psych lab in us: mentored by mary calkins. First woman to earn (but not receive) ph. d in psych. Margaret washburn: rst woman to be awarded ph. d in psych, second woman president of apa. Sigmund freud: psychoanalytic theory of personality, still the most comprehensive and complex theory in existence. Charles darwin: natural selection shapes behaviors as well as bodies. Bf skinner: radical behaviorism, stressed reinforcement. People never do anything w/o a payoff of some sort: tabula rasa . Translates to blank slate : no free will. The reinforcement is what is deciding your accents, not you. Research, experimental method and statistics: the irresistible force and immovable object. The facts as they are vs. the truth as i see it. Low risk statements and the strength of common beliefs: low risk statement cannot be proven or disproven. For example: razor blades in a kids halloween candy, people can force and predict future events, dangerousness of animals and events.
