PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Behaviour Therapy, Nomothetic, Radical Behaviorism
12 Sep 2016
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All focus on forces in the individual"s external environment that influence behaviour. Overt: behaviour that can be observed directly by others. Covert: private, not observable by others, often applied to mental operations that can only be described subjectively. Processes of learning that shape behaviour + content of what is learned + evidence in subsequent behaviour. Don"t deny internal forces, look first to environment. Behaviorism: an approach within the environmental strategy that focuses on external, directly observable factors as determinants of personality. Watson, natural science, no distinction between human + nonhuman behaviour, stimulus- response. Radical behaviorism: the position that psychology should be concerned only with objective environmental events + overt behaviours. Methodological behaviorism: an approach that emphasizes objectivity, direct observation of phenomena, precise definitions, controlled experimentation. Term dropped out of current usage, its essence is retained in the philosophical approach of much of contemporary psychology. Personality is developed + modified through learning + experience with environment.
