PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Humanistic Psychology, Classical Conditioning, Job Satisfaction
9
PSY230H1 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
9 documents
Document Summary
Several aspects have been adopted by therapists from other theoretical perspectives. Humanistic psychology adopted in education, communication, and business. Organizations promote job satisfaction by taking care of employees" higher needs. Teachers and parents have adopted rogers" suggestions for education and child rearing. Reliance on the concept of free will to explain human behavior means that it is not fit to study scientifically. Behaviour changes as a result of our experiences. The process by which behaviour changes as a result of experience is called learning. Learning is key to both behavioural & social learning perspectives. Began with john watson"s 1913, psychology as the behaviourist views it . Argued the focus of psychology should be overt behaviour. Behaviour that can be observed, measured, predicted & controlled by scientists. At the same time, other researchers were exploring conditioning (learning) Personality is the end product of our habit systems . Personality is the sum total of everything you do, i. e. , all of your behaviour.
