KINE 318 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sphex, Julien Offray De La Mettrie, Tabula Rasa
7 Mar 2017
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Dig vertical burrow in sand, hunt for crickets, return to burrow in inspect cricket: (umans don"t have a lot of these, 1. The behavioral modification depends on a form of: **common criteria for learning** Historical precedents: locke and the associationists, structuralism, behaviorism & watson, ethological approach, cognitive approach, neuroscience. Early philosophers we will ever need to know, need to unlock the knowledge: plato nativism: all knowledge is innate (innatism) we know everything, aristotle (tabula rasa) empiricism: all knowledge is acquired. We learn: innate, unconditioned response through experience, learned, unprepared response, john locke. Darwin & evolution: charles darwin (1809-1882, prevailing views in early 1800s, theory of evolution & its implications for learning. Thorndike & animal behavior: introspection by analogy, edward thorndike (1874-1949, reacted against anthropomorphic interpretations, puzzle box, trial and error learning, law of effect, distinction btw pavlovian and instrument conditioning.
