MARKET 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sigmund Freud, Operant Conditioning, Neurology
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Psychology: scientific study of behaviour and mental (cognitive) processes. Reduction of complex psychological processes to basic components. Experiences broken down into individual (objective) emotions and sensations. First attempt to use objectivity and measurement in psychology. How to apply psychological knowledge to solve everyday problems. Believed it more important to study the effects of consciousness on functioning. Influenced by charles darwin"s idea of natural selection. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts . Belief that people naturally seek out patterns in available sensory information. Unconscious mind represses threatening urges and desires and leads to nervous disorders. Suspected the mind to be the cause for nervous disorders after failing to find physical explanations. Certain behaviours can be conditioned and counter- conditioned" (see baby experiments) Believed that all behaviour is learned (latched onto pavlov"s theory) Focus on unconscious mind"s influence on development of: conscious behaviour and childhood experience, sense of self, social and interpersonal relationships.
