PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Educational Psychology, Dependent And Independent Variables, Behaviorism
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Reaction potential (ser) sometimes called excitatory potential, is a measure of the potential that a stimulus has for eliciting a specific response. This potential will depend on how many times the stimulus has been paired with the response and with reinforcement, how intense it is, how great the reward, and how strong the drive. Ser = shr d v k output variables: the predicted. Response variability: response latency, response amplitude, reaction threshold. In the course of learning or acquiring habits (s-r bonds) an individual will learn a number of different responses for the same stimulus, and in many cases, each response leads to the same goal. A hypothetical habit-family hierarchy summary and appraisal of hull"s formal behaviourism. To the extent that hull"s system reflects valid observations about input and output is open to question and requires further investigation. Hull"s system contributed in many tangible ways to the advancement of psychological theory, foreshadowing cognitive concerns (intention & purpose)
