PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Walter Mischel, Albert Bandura, Donald Broadbent
12 Nov 2013
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John b. watson: radical behaviorism from the subjects are accurate, we need something that can be verified. The problem with introspection is that we don"t know if the results we are getting. Our methods should be to study behavior because it can be verified and seen but. He proposed radical behavior: he believed that everything that we thought is everyone mental is actually physical; denied the existence of the mind. Initial goal was to quantify the intelligence level of animals (e. g. puzzle box) The process of learning was a gradual, animals learned little by little. Instrumental learning: learning based on consequences (good or bad) General learning theory: modeling of behaviors using mathematical models. B. f. skinner: radical behaviorism return based on the schedule of reinforcement. Interested in instrumental learning, focused on the change in frequency of behavior. Believed in radical behaviorism, should make input output catalog of behaviors. Studies in memory suggested thinking, which did not support his theories.
