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Psychology in Challenges & Change. HSB 4M0. Psychologists…. Study the individual How and why humans act as they do. Experimental Psychology. Experiments to see how people react in situations ( stimulus/response ) i.e. “What Would You Do?” series. Clinical Psychology.
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Psychologists… • Study the individual • How and why humans act as they do
Experimental Psychology • Experiments to see how people react in situations (stimulus/response) • i.e. “What Would You Do?” series
Clinical Psychology • Treat persons with mental illness and behaviouraldisorders
Sigmund Freud School of Thought: Psychoanalytic Theory • Early childhood memories matter later on. • If unresolved, frustration exists - behaviour may become "neurotic." (unstable, abnormal – somestimes causes anxiety or obsessiveness) • The unconsciousmind could be revealed through dream analysis & hypnosis
John B. Watson& Benjamin Spock • School of Thought: Behaviourism • Identify the factors that contribute to human behaviour -> predict & control it -> treating patients with behavioural problems • i.e. – Do children respond better to strict or flexible rules during their upbringing?
Ivan Pavlov, B.F. Skinner & Albert Bandura • School of Thought: Learning Theory By controlling the way in which humans learn behaviour, society can have a greater influence of their personalities • Stimulus- Response • Classical Conditioning http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/pavlov/pavlov.html
More Than a Stimulus • Albert Bandura • Young children mimic behaviour ( Bobo doll experiment - children hit clown) • Children mimic acceptable and unacceptable behaviour http://www.schooltube.com/video/08b54cb04f82415daff6/Bobo-Doll-Experiment