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Task 6 (Society (Expansion of Psychology in 20th (American Journal of…
Task 6
Society
Expansion of Psychology in 20th
American Journal of Psychology and Psychological Review
1892: Foundation of APA
Functionalism
Interest in Darwins Evolution theory
Eugenics
prevention of marriage
compulsory sterilization of certain individuals
Prenology
Mesmerism
Spiritualism
Inspiration from animal research
Struggle of life
similiarities between humans and animals
search for evidence for intelligence that has been passed from generation to generation
Trying to understand the animals mind
Mental processes of animals same sort as human after introspection
Antropomorphic interpretation
Thorndike puzzle
Animal in controlled environment and drawing conlcusions of the basis of behaviour
Law effect
Instrumental conditioning
Animal Research after Thorndike
more animal labs
research in learning and sensory capacities of animals]
new technologies
From Antropomorphism to Mechanical Theriomorphism
Movements
Requirements for scientific psychology
represent mathematical law as numbers
Hull: definition of a variable
Distinction of Variable
Independent
Dependent
Necessitiy for verification
Radical Behaviourism by Skinner
Behaviour nothing more than stimulus-reflex association
Denied relevance of information processing in the mind
no purpose, humans like machines that only respond to stimulus
Purposive Behviourism by Tolman
No only S-R association
Blodgetts maze
Latent learning
Goal directed Behaviour
Influences
Positivsm
science as motor of progress
based on observations and experiments and therefore always true
Empirical findings
infallible
Key Figures
Edward Thorndike (1874-1949)
Father of comparative psychology
Father of educational psychology
Thorndike puzzle
Law of effect
Mechanomorphism + Theriomorphism
Mechanicaltheriomorphism
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936)
Classical conditioning
Psychic reflex of dogs and salvation before food arrives
big impact on behaviourism
John Watson ( 1878-1958)
Editor of Psychological review
1913: published article
from introspection to observations
Survival depends on how the animal "acts", not what it thinks
focus on observations for real science
Experiment: Little Albert
Behaviour of man and animal equal
Prediction: Certain stimuli can lead organism to make the response
Educational Psychology
Respondent Conditioning
CS: classroom
UR: his smile
US: your smile
Key Ideas
Generalization
Discimination
Extinction
Motivation for school
Intrinsic
Extrinsic
Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement
Operant
Intrinsic + Extrinsic motivations