PSC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Subvocalization, Communication Studies, Stroop Effect
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Notes: you are responsible for all of the material that was covered in lecture and in the assigned reading. The list of topics below is not exhaustive. Topics in bold are likely to be emphasized. Behaviorism: behaviors are something that can be observed, and so there is an objective component to behavior that can be observed. Began to focus on behavior reactions to stimuli: the rise of cognitive psychology, your book discusses a behaviorist perspective on someone producing the se(cid:374)te(cid:374)(cid:272)e, (cid:862)pass the salt, please?(cid:863). Why is this example problematic for behaviorism: a(cid:455)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)pass the salt(cid:863) is the sti(cid:373)uli, (cid:271)ut it (cid:272)ould (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge. Tolman problematic for behaviorism: tudies sho(cid:449)ed su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e pla(cid:455) la(cid:396)ge pa(cid:396)t i(cid:374) a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al"s outward behavior. They showed rats can learn to run a maze from viewing the correct path without actually running in themselves. This shows that a strict behavioral explanation is not enough.
