[10/23/12] Chapter 5 LEARNING * BEHAVIOR CHANGES THAT ARE DUE TO OUR EXPERIENCES OR THE ENVIRONENT * Simplest form of learning involves our senses * Simplest form learning = Habituation: Adjusting to stimuli that do not change. Example: You go into a guy’s room and smell something terrible‚ after a while you get used to the environment/smell and don’t even notice it. * Humans learn similarly to animals. Patterns of responding are similar to animals. * Types of Conditioning:
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"Robber Barons" Long hours‚ dangerous work conditions‚ and low wages are just a few words to describe the treatment of workers at the turn of the 20th century. This was all in the hands of some powerful industrialist we refer to as "robber barons". There can be no mistaking their motives: wealth. It portrays men like Vanderbilt‚ Rockefeller‚ Pullman‚ Ford and cruel and ruthless businessmen who would stop at nothing to achieve great wealth.They cared little about the lives and treatment of those
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The Twenty-First Century Work Place Life in the early twentieth century was provided by secure factory jobs. The United States was an industrial area filled with factories. People without much education could work in the factories and know their jobs were safe. There was no schooling or special skills required. People worked in the factories and made enough money to support themselves and their families. Today‚ factories full of human workers are a rare thing in America. Most people now go to college
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Working memory model Central executive-has overall control of information from any sensory system. Controls the slave system ; decision maker Phonological loop- stores a limited number of speech based sounds; consists of the Phonological store – INNER EAR allows acoustically coded items to be stored for a brief period of time Articulatory control process- INNER VOICE allows sub vocal repetition of the items in the phonological store. Visuo-spatial scratch pad –stores visual and spatial
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JOHN LOCKE (1634–1704) ← An Essay Concerning Human Understanding → John Locke’s Essay presents a detailed‚ systematic philosophy of mind and thought. The Essay wrestles with fundamental questions about how we think and perceive‚ and it even touches on how we express ourselves through language‚ logic‚ and religious practices. In the introduction‚ entitled The Epistle to the Reader‚ Locke describes how he became involved in his current mode of philosophical thinking. He relates an anecdote about
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human expression. It has been a way for man to express himself since the dawn of ages through the embodiment of love‚ disapproval‚ happiness and experience through melodies and words. During the twentieth century music has been a major factor in the American society that helped change the course of history by stimulating the masses to “get up and stand up for their rights” as the reggae legend Bob Marley once said. Thus music has helped the American culture to achieve the abolishment of slavery‚ the
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The New Psychology: Early Physiological and Experimental Psychology And Structuralism Psy5102-8 Dr. Kornfeld By: Janelle Jumpp Table of Contents 1. What do you consider to be the proper subject matter of psychology? 2. What methods should psychology use to approach the subjects it studies? 3. What do you expect will be your most lasting contribution to the field of psychology? 4. What do you consider to be an appropriate role for the field of psychology
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Analyse and evaluate the Psychodynamic‚ Behaviourist and Cognitive approaches to psychology‚ include in your answer the difference between classical and operant conditioning and compare the theories of conditioning to other approaches. Freud (1856-1939) pioneered the Psychodynamic approach creating theories such as The Three States of Mind; where any decision we make is influenced by unconscious mental processes; that the conscious‚ preconscious‚ and unconscious areas of our mind decide the outcome
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In the early 20th century‚ rivalries between European leaders and their countries created the conditions for war. These conditions were enhanced by militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. The Great Powers of Europe all used these causes to varying degrees. By 1907‚ most of the European nations had formed alliances to protect themselves from foreign aggression. Countries desires to maintain their culture and extend their borders frequently led to conflict. From 1914 to 1918‚ a war broke
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It was at first shocking to see that the practice of eugenics survived so deep into the 20th century‚ but it was also surprsing to see that there is still no concrete resoltuion. Many techinical and ethical issues are raised by this case. To start‚ the main ethical issue here is the fact that eugenics were actually carried out. As described by the background of the case‚ the eugenics were done through sterelization‚ and targeted young African American women on welfare. The targetting of this demographic
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