4. Foundations: Skinner
Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology
This lecture introduces B. F. Skinner's behaviorism, detailing habituation, classical conditioning (Pavlov), and operant conditioning. It critically examines the historical displacement of behaviorism in psychological theory.
Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 110)
Professor Bloom opens with a brief discussion of the value and evolutionary basis of unconscious processing. The rest of this lecture introduces students to the theory of Behaviorism, particularly the work of prominent behaviorist, B. F. Skinner. Different types of learning are discussed in detail, as well as reasons why behaviorism has been largely displaced as an adequate theory of human mental life.
3. Foundations: Freud
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