PSYC 2283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Behavioral Activation, Lawbreakers, Falsifiability
23 Jan 2017
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Behaviorism: a school of psychology that limits its subject matter to observable behavior. John b. watson is usually credited with being the founder of ____, with b. f. Emerged from laboratory studies of animals and humans. Behavioral analysis: by minimizing speculation and focusing almost entirely on observable behavior, Skinner formulated the method of ____ (two words) Radical behaviorism: skinner"s view that psychology as a science can advance only when psychologists stop attributing behavior to hypothetical constructs and begin writing and talking strictly in terms of observable behavior. (2 words) Egos, traits, drives, needs, hunger, and so forth. Behavior is lawfully determined: can be studied scientifically. Behavior is the product of environmental stimuli. Constructed gadgets, played music, and wrote novels as a child. Earns his phd in psychology at harvard in 1931. Accepts first job at age 32, teaching at the university of minnesota. Publishes the behaviour of organism in 1938.
