PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hearing Dog, Operant Conditioning Chamber, Dyslexia
6 Sep 2016
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Brought to life issues of mental health: horrible treatment. Some male nurses stuck up for patients: treated patients as people. Harmed patients more than helped: some patients felt better off the medication than on it. What is your thought process of mental health disorders: not different than anyone else, some people over or under-diagnosed, many cases over-exaggerated. Adhd vs. dyslexia for example: mental health (in usa) Certain criteria in order to give a proper diagnosis. Most mental health disorders are chemical imbalances within the brain: neurotransmitters not ring correctly, vilhome vaunt. First time when psychology was taken seriously in the west. Ewing house: worked on memory, pioneer for short-term and long-term memory (processes) William james: modifying, conditioned, changing, or adding behavior, behavioralist. B. f. skinner: modifying, conditioned, changing, or adding behavior, behavioralist, most famous for a skinner box, operate conditioning. Ivan pavlov: modifying, conditioned, changing, or adding behavior, behavioralist, worked on conditioning experiments.
