PSYC 231 Study Guide - Functional Analysis, Reinforcement, Heart Rate
5 Sep 2013
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Unconscious influences, defence mechanisms, traits, and other driving forces cannot be seen. Not that they aren"t present, they just aren"t useful for science. His research did not specifically deal with personality. Psychologists must restrict their investigations to facts, to what they can see, manipulate, and measure in the lab. Made no reference to internal, subjective states. Humans are empty organisms" there is nothing inside us that can explain behaviour in scientific terms. Used rats and pigeons human behaviour differs in the degree, but not the kind. Behaviour can be controlled by its consequences what follows the behaviour. Respondent behaviour: response made to or elicited by a specific stimulus. Reflexive behaviour unlearned, automatic, and involuntary. Learned behaviour conditioning substitution of one stimulus for another (pavlov) Should move from simple to complex animal behaviour is simpler. Reinforcement strengthening a response by adding a reward increase likelihood of behaviour occurring. Extinction eliminating a behaviour by withholding reinforcement.
