PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Kenneth Spence, Clark L. Hull, Walter Mischel
20 Nov 2018
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Prior to 1860s psychology was still considered a branch of philosophy. We cannot understand consciousness we can only understand what we can see. 1930s split: general learning theory clark hull and kenneth spence. How learning takes place learning models (how to explain behaviour: skinner radical behaviourism returns. Emergence of the cognitive approach: 2 events during the late 1950s. Great britain war times spurred development of cognitive approaches: the rst computer the enigma. Development of a computer as a symbol the mind is like a computer: understanding. Concerned that current theories were very polarized. Personality and assessment a critique of trait theory: if traits are the unchanging foundation for personality there should be a high correlation between a person"s traits we measure and their behaviours. But really, the correlation is only about . 3: behaviours should be consistent across di erent situations due to static traits. But really, behaviour-behaviour correlations is only about . 3.
