Ch 11 (Exam 2) Flashcards
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neo behaviourism
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- school of behaviourism after Watson
- common denominator is operationism
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operationism
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- doctrine that all theoretical terms in science should be operationally defined
- promoted by Percy Bridgman
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operational definition
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- the equating of the meaning of a theoretical term with the procedure used to measure it
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Edward Tolman
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- founder of purposive behaviourism
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purposive behaviourism
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- system that focused on goal-directed nature of behaviour
- forerunner to cognitive psych
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intervening variable
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- operationally defined theoretical term useful in explaining behaviour
- Edward Tolman
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cognitive map
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- mental representation of set of relations that guides behaviour
- Edward Tolman
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Clark Hull
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- dominated American psych from 40s-60s
- proposed complex learning theory based on hypothetico-deductive method
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hypothetico-deductive method
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- establish postulates and then deduce conclusions that can be experimentally tested
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reinforcement (Hull)
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- strength of association between stimulus and response increases when occurrence is followed by drive reduction
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habit strength
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- strength of association between stimulus and response
- intervening variable proposed by Hull
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Bf Skinner
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- uncontested champion of behaviourism from 50s-80s
- advocated a functional analysis
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functional analysis
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- study of systematic relations between environmental events and behavioural events
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operant conditioning
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- frequency of a behaviour changes when it produces a consequence
- Bf Skinner
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reinforcement (Skinner)
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- frequency of a behaviour increases when it produces a consequence
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reinforcement schedule
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- specification of how a reinforcing event is dependent on a behaviour
- Bf Skinner
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Walden Two
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- famous novel by Skinner
- describes utopian society based on application of behavioural principles
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pseudo-problems
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- questions that defy answer to any known empirical test
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postulates
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- statements about behaviour assumed to be true
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theorem
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- logically deduced from postulates
- lead directly to experiments
