Key themes and
theories
Week 1 of Developing
Individual in Society
Theories throughout the
history of psychology:
Genetic Psychology
Psychodynamic
Behvaviourism
Constructivism
Cultural
Cognitive Developmental
Behavioursim
Using behavioural and environmental observations to explain and develop
theories.
When talking about behaviourism, often, you will hear about Skinner and
Pavlov’s observations- such as, Pavlov’s classical conditioning and salivating
dogs.
Pavlov paired a neutral stimulus (bell) with feeding time (unconditional
stimulus). This created classical conditioning so individuals could create
theories using this new knowledge of associations between pairs of stimuli.
theories
Week 1 of Developing
Individual in Society
Theories throughout the
history of psychology:
Genetic Psychology
Psychodynamic
Behvaviourism
Constructivism
Cultural
Cognitive Developmental
Behavioursim
Using behavioural and environmental observations to explain and develop
theories.
When talking about behaviourism, often, you will hear about Skinner and
Pavlov’s observations- such as, Pavlov’s classical conditioning and salivating
dogs.
Pavlov paired a neutral stimulus (bell) with feeding time (unconditional
stimulus). This created classical conditioning so individuals could create
theories using this new knowledge of associations between pairs of stimuli.
