PY 370 Study Guide - Final Guide: Humanistic Psychology, Suggestibility, Antisexualism
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Neo behaviorism: behavior cannot be fully understood by observable. Positivism: science should only be concerned with objective, publicly. Logical positivism: unobservable material can be explanatory agents if. Operationism: defines abstract concept in terms of procedure used to. Methodological behaviorism: can postulate i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts if the(cid:455)"re. Positions observable events (watson) the(cid:455)"re e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)ator(cid:455), operatio(cid:374)all(cid:455) defi(cid:374)ed, a(cid:374)d logi(cid:272)all(cid:455) tied to observable events (neobehaviorists) measure it. Drives: arousal from physical needs; primary drives all related to survival ad primary reinforcers reduce primary drives. Stimuli that reduce primary drives are secondary reinforcers. Skinner conditions, avoid using behavior to study mind with no intervening variables. Purposive behaviorism: emphasizes goal directed behavior that ceases. Theory of learning: a-theoretical and descriptive, logical, control. Respondent operant behavior: reflexive response elicited by environment. Explanatory fiction: using hypothetical internal factor mediating between. Applied behavior analysts: application of principles of operant conditioning. Neo behaviorism legacy: theories never fully accepted, developed skinner. Intelligent behavior: appropriate of a new situation and independent of.
