PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Hermann Ebbinghaus
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Psychology perspectives: psychodynamic perspectives: searches for the causes of behavior within the inner workings of our personality, emphasizing the role of unconscious processes, behavioral perspective: the role of the external environment in governing our actions. Behaviorism: emphasizes environmental control of behavior through learning. Behavior modification: techniques aimed at decreasing problem behaviors and increasing positive behaviors by manipulating environmental factors. Cognitive behaviorism: learning experiences and the environment affect our behavior by giving us the information we need to behave effectively. Ivan pavlov; edward thorndike; john locke tabula rasa or blank slate. John b. watson: little albert experiment: humanistic perspective: emphasizes free will, personal growth, and the attempt to find meaning in one"s existence. Abraham maslow: proposed that each of us has an inborn force toward self- actualization the reaching of one"s individual potential. Carl rogers: identified key aspects of psychotherapy that led to constructive changes in clients: cognitive perspective: examines the nature of the mind and how mental processes influence behavior.
