PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Radical Behaviorism, Sexual Arousal, B. F. Skinner
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Metaphor: life is a race; minds are built to win. Goal: figure out the mental toolbox that helped our ancestors win. Goal: figure out and manipulate the connections. Goa: figure out nd rewrite the program. Goal: figure out and fix the plumbing. Frank kills a man who insulted him. Facts about the situation(i. e anyone would do the same) Given the state of the world at time 1, plus the laws of nature, there is only one possible state of the world at time 2. Nobody can change the laws of nature. Therefore, given the state of the world at t1, frank had to commit the murder at t2. Implications : free will is an illusion. The present is determined by the past, but that means the future is determined by what we do now. Relatively permanent change in an organism"s behavior due to experience( nurture) is the key to learning. Our minds naturally connect events that occur in sequence.
