Chapter 10 Flashcards
Watson
founder of behaviorism
say himself as bringing together ideas of behaviorism
reductionist, mechanistic
detested psychoanalysis
What did Watson not study?
conscious mind, unconscious mind
Not mentalistic concepts
Reductionist
break things down to smallest component
what did Watson want to study?
A new school
Mechanistic
something will continue unless something changes
Experimenter became what?
the observer
human subjects became
the observed
behaviorism would study?
how: the science of behavior( actions taken by an organism) using objective and experimental methods
where did the methods come from?
animal research
what(subject matter) behavior
elements of behavior( similar to elements of consciousness) the stimulus response unit
used physiological terms( muscle movement an glandular secretions
Goal of psychology
predict and control behavior
watsons life
delinquent behavior
did not show emotion
what was Watson known as?
mechanical man( emotionally unexpressive) could not deal with feelings or emotions, but wanted to study them?
who did Watson study psychology with?
Loeb(tropism)
tropism
all behaviors are reflexive
Dissertation: animal eduaction
physical development of rats( rats brain development to ability to learn)
what study did Watson decide to focus on?
objective.. bad at introspection
why did he become chair of psych?
Baldwin had to resign because brothel
what happened in 1913?
writes psychology as behaviorist views it( behaviorism as school of thought.)
What is comparative psychology
animal psychology
wanted psychology to have practical application
Current view of phobias
psychoanalysis- fears are caused by repressed conflicts and impulse
How did Watson feel about fear?
Fear can be learned and wanted to study it using behaviorist principles
lil. Albert experiment
steel rod hung behind baby where he could not see it
baby exposed to white rat
conditioned reflex study
when baby interacted with white rat the rod was struck
after enough trials- feared rat
what did lil Albert learn?
to be afraid without the sound
why was little albert choses
normal healthy baby “stolid and unemotional”