PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bobo Doll Experiment, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH211
• Professor: Shaylene Nancekivell

Document Summary

Behavior is a result of adaptation (biology driven) Pathology, according to psychoanalytic perspective emerges due to unresolved internal conflicts. 1 course of development means 1 ideal, universal stage for development of all. Behaviorism needs to see observable behaviors (need to be conditioned for behavior to be observable) Behaviorists pavolv classical conditioning dog salivation. Watson against psychoanalytic perspective state of mind little albert experiment (child phobia from mice was developed in lab setting) Skinner - operant conditioning reinforcement and punishment (anything that increase or decrease behavior) Pavolv did not differentiate between reinforcement and punishment. No stages in behaviorist models, compared to psychoanalytic models (continuous growth) Social learning imitation (imprinting) no biology involved at all, experience is the main driver. Parental modeling and imprinting are the key point in social learning (bobo doll experiment) Bandura worked with groups of children (observational study) Cognitive-development perspective piaget children play active role in development stages (discontinuous development) Biology vs environment debate stability vs plasticity.