PSYC 3451 Study Guide - Abusive Power And Control, Stimulus Control, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3451
• Professor: Teri Bright

Document Summary

"does child punch teacher during class, during recess, or in the hallway?: duration how long does the behavior last, topography what does the behavior look like. Respondent--> ur or cr is elicited by an antecedent: operant--> relies on reinforcement or punishment. Respondent--> relies on association between stimuli and responses: operant-> the stimulus events occur after the behavior is emitted. Mos that one learns to place a value otherwise neutral states that now have value bc they have been paired w umo. James watson use science to find functional relationships b/w events; acknowledge existence of unobservable mental events but do not consisted them in analysis of behavior: radical behaviorism. Bf skinner incorporates private, unobservable events (thinking, feeling) in analysis of behavior: eab, aba. Skinner--> "the behavior of organisms" identified respondent (reflex) and operant behavior (influenced by consequences) established the basic principles of behavior by conducting basic research in controlled settings on rats and pigeons outlined methodology for practice of eab.