PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Organism, Fallacy, Appeasement
10 Jan 2018
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Thorndike animal trips the lever to open the door to get the food. By sheer accident the animal solves the problem and eventually form an association between stimulus response. Amount of time to response to stimulus lever decreases significantly- we can infer that the animal learned. Any behavior that leads to dissatisfactions is lead to decrease in frequency. Ludwig wittgenstein had influenced on science, philosophy in language of science. Adult imprinted with ambivalent feelings (not simple like the ducklings). Bluer director of hospital who coined term schizophrenia. Instincts: genetically motivated behaviour that occur when certain conditions are present and require no learning (p. 36-47: early instinct theories were popular in late 19th and early 20th centuries. Nominal fallacy: naming a behavior as insticve does not explain it. Labeling is not an explanation; rather, necessary to specify condtions that lead to behavior (b). William james: instinct are similar to reflexes, occur blindly the first time and are elicted (cid:271)y sti(cid:373)uli.
