PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Applied Behavior Analysis, Empiricism, Behaviorism
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B. f. skinner"s the behavior of organisms (1938/1966: formally began the experimental branch of behavior analysis, summarized his laboratory research from 1930-1937, discussed two types of behavior, respondent, operant. Ivan pavlov (1927/1960: reflexive behavior, respondents are elicited ( brought out ) by stimuli that immediately precede them, antecedent stimulus & response it elicits form a functional unit called a reflex. Involuntary responses: occur whenever eliciting stimulus is present, s-r model. Operant behavior: behavior is shaped through the consequences that immediately follow it, three term contingency, s-r-s model, behaviors that are influenced by stimulus changes that have followed the behavior in the past. 1950"s: discovered & verified basic principles of operant behavior, same principles continue to provide the empirical foundation for behavior analysis today. Radical behaviorism: attempts to explain all behavior, including private behavior (e. g. thinking & feeling) Methodological behaviorism: philosophical position that considers behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed to be outside the realm of the science.
