PSYC 414 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Process Theory, Tabula Rasa, Operant Conditioning Chamber
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Assimilation: the way in which people use their existing schemas in order to understand the world around them. Accommodation: when people change their schemas in response to new information about the world. Identity is a key point in psychological aging. Behaviorism: we enter the world as neutral being (a blank slate). We are who our environment determines we will be. Shaping: used when training a rat in a skinner box. Altering a subject"s behavior by positive (getting something good) or negatively (removal of something negative) reinforcing the subject. Niche-picking: we are born with dispositions and capacities and are drawn toward them because of the nurture aspect. Reciprocity principle: people influence and are influenced by the events in their lives. You influence your friends" decisions (and they influence your"s). Bronfenbrenner"s ecological perspective: development is affected by processes at multiple levels/rings. Next ring: microsystem family, friends, co-workers, classroom . Next two rings: mesosystem and exosystem community, health, mass media, school .
