PSYC 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monism, Behaviorism, Determinism
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Reflex and classical conditioning: reflex: behavior evoked by a biologically relevant stimulus. Organisms are born prepared/pre-wired to respond in a certain way (survival value: respondent conditioning: explains how previously neutral stimuli are not meaningful in someone"s life, it does not explain what is called voluntary behaviors. Operant behavior: operant conditioning explains variability in behavior (individuality, behavior operates in the environment. Operant selection: mechanistic (newton)--force is the cause of changes in motion. It encompasses causation over time (life history, experience, repeated exposure: our behavior is usually a collection of experiences. B. f. skinner (1904-1990: largely responsible for modern behavior analysis, the behavior of organisms (1938, distinguishes between pavlov"s conditioning (respondent) and. Thorndike"s trial-and-error (operant) learning: proposed a science of behavior, suggested that thinking, feeling, remembering are all classes of behavior, not causes, his: radial behaviorism; watson"s: methodical behaviorism, skinner did not object to cog. Behavior analysis as a field: first conference of experimental analysis of behavior at indiana.
