PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 1 - Dependent and independent variables, Limbic system, Random assignment
21 Sep 2018
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Hey, how about some objective data: behaviorists: rejection of introspection can only study and theorize about what is objectively observable: behavior! stimulus -> response, pavlov, skinner, watson. Cognitive counter-revolution (1960s: cognitive(ism): maybe there is actually something going on inside the mind, coincide with digital computers, key pillars. Stimulus: lion, onion, bill, firefighter, carrot, zebra, john, clerk tom nurse, cow. Responses: lion, zebra, cow, onion, carrot, firefighter, clerk, nurse, john, bill, tom. Enter the brain : 1960s-80s: cognitive boxology based on idea that mind is a digital computer, 1990s now: cognitive neuroscience. It took a while but : now have mature science based on objective data about both behavior and the brain. Summary: four major approaches: internal: biological, cognitive, external: behavioral, sociocultural. Other historical trends: freud and psychoanalysis (1900-1920, gestalt psychology (1910-1940, rogers, maslow: humanism (1950-now) Sane science: crazy: all different theories, sane: data! The scientific method: critique: make an observation, form a hypothesis, collect data, analyze data, draw conclusions.
