PY 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Behaviorism

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19 Apr 2018
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Mechanized behavior: initially from intelligence of chance but. Intelligent behavior: appropriate of a new situation and. Kohler (whole does not equal parts) now automatic from repetition independent of past experiences. Laws of cognitive organization: behavioral vs. geographical environments; psychophysical isomorphism. Law of pragnaz: perceptions get organized into simplest meaningful wholes. Psychophysical isomorphism: brain activity mirrors experience but is not the same. Behavioral environments: subjective reality or what is perceived to be there. Geographical environments: objective reality or what is actually there. Laws of perception physically similar o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t (to (cid:862)(cid:272)lose(cid:863) the figure be going in some direction. Figure ground: attend to the figure and ignore the remainder. Similarity: tendency to mentally group elements that are. Continuity: tendency to follow elements of a figure that appear to. Closure: tendency to make an incomplete perception into a whole. Field theory: b = f(pe); b = behavior, p = person, environment =

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