Ivan Pavlov

Cherie O’Boyle’s book, History of Psychology: A Cultural Perspective, has offered many interesting insights in to the field of psychology. The subfield of the discipline that sparks my curiosity the most has been Behaviorism. We were tasked as a class to interview Psychologist that worked in a field we may be interested in, and I chose to interview Dr. Robert Herdegen. Dr. Herdegen is a professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, Va. He specializes in general experimental psychology, with…

The developmental theory has factors expressed by theorist like Ivan Pavlov looking at classical conditioning and Albert Bandura looking at behavior modeling with social learning theory gives us an idea why this can be so. We could say that some people are conditioned to behave to think a specific way and in trying to change…

be challenging. Also, sometime I tend to show introversion this mean to focused more internallly thoughts. So, I have a little Classical Conditioning and well as operant conditiong. I must learn to break my fears or phobia of public speaking. ( Ivan Pavlov (1920). PP. 3, 1-14 & B.F. Skinner (1953). Psychology core concept PP.…

1. There are sizable amounts of proof that if a family is in conflict, it is more likely that their child will become engaged in delinquent activities. There is a theory called the coercion theory, which essentially states that a juvenile’s personality and self is molded by the environment they were raised in. Essentially, the healthier the upbringing of the juvenile is, the less likely they are to become a delinquent. Family conflict includes and is not limited to neglect, child abuse, and…

There are five major perspectives on child development: psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, context, and evolutionary. Psychoanalytic perspective is the theory of personality developed by Freud that focuses on repression and unconscious forces and includes the concepts of infantile sexuality, resistance, transference, and division of the psyche into the Id, ego, and superego. Freud was also the first one who believed that all human beings were born with the desire towards hunger, sex and…

Reading is widely considered a gateway to knowledge, fantasy, and emotion. It is omnipresent in society through media, both digital and print; it is a core element in a college student’s academic workload, and provides a medium to stray from an otherwise finite world. Having been surrounded by these texts for my entire life, it begs the question, why I am utterly incapable of efficient textual evaluation? Beginning sophomore year of High School, the frequency at which I read steeply declined.…

The types of therapies used today are as numerous and diverse as the disorders they look to treat. Techniques range from absolutely brilliant to questionably immoral and virtually everywhere in between. Out of this bountiful selection, four main therapies have risen as the most notable. They are psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and family and couples. Briefly summarized, the psychodynamic theory concentrates on digging into one’s unconscious to understand the source of their…

Phobias are defined as persistent fears or anxieties that are out of proportion to the actual danger or demands of the given situation. They cannot be explained or reasoned, and they are completely out of the person’s voluntary control. This ultimately leads to avoidance of the feared situation and can in some degree be disabling to the person (Morgan, 2003, p.11). Specific phobias include for example a fear of spiders, snakes and heights. Social phobias include fear of social situations and…

Lastly, let’s examine Eric and Dylan as it relates to the social learning theory. According to Bandura, we learn through reinforcement and social/ observational learning. However, unlike BF Skinner, John B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov, Bandura believed there was some type of a cognitive narrative taking place as we learn through others. Unlike the prior theorist we have discussed up to this point, Bandura did not differentiate between adults and children. We know that Eric and Dylan had extreme…

a role in clinical hypnosis? In the following paragraph, we will evaluate the principles of classical and operant conditioning, learning and the role of behavior principal in clinical hypnosis. Classical conditioning was first discovered by Ivan Pavlov while experimenting with a dog. In the experiment, a bell was rung at the same time food was presented…