Notes

1. Behavior: the actions by which an organism adjusts to it’s environment

* “Dead man test- if a dead man can do it, its not a behavior

* Behavior is the result of internal, instinctual, biological drives (Eros & Thantanos)

2. There are 4 goals to psych

* Describe

* Explain

* Predict

* Control

3. Freudian –

* eros (sex drive)

* Thantonos (death drive)

4. The mind is divided

* Ego- the middle, conscious

* Superego- the positive, in between, right/and wrong

* Id- Is unconscious, animalistic instinct, wants pleasure

The majority of the mind’s operations are unconscious

All of these things will be unconscious

* Individual- a newborn infant, a teenage athlete a college student in a new dormitory.

* The first step in psychology is to make accurate observations about behavior. Psychologists typically refer to such observations as their data

* Behavioral data- observational reports about the behavior of organisms and the conditions under which behavior occurs or changes

Research-psychology provides a continuous stream of new information about the basic mechanism that govern mental and behavioral processes 

* Operant conditioning relies on anything that changes the behavior

Operant condition relies on the organism first and then receiving the

5. Consequence of that behavior

* Reinforcement- refers to anything that increases the probability f the behavior 

* Positive reinforcement- giving some something for doing the behavior (candy)

* Negative reinforcement- taking something away annoying or harmful therefore increasing probability later on (seat bell sound till you put on seat belt)

* Positive punishment- reduces the probability of the behavior by taking something away. Can be done with animals and people

* Negative punishment

6. Parsonmonias - simple (if I could see it)

Pragmatic- practical, useful

7. Humanistic (Rogers,...