Dullard & Miller

Question 1

What do Dullard and Miller discuss?

Answer 1

1. Personality development
2. Psychopathology
3. Re-explain Freud’s theory

Question 2

What is part of personality development?

Answer 2

Cue (stimuli) - the stimuli will be different for each person

Drive - secondary drives are very unique for each human being

Response - through trial and error, people will respond differently

Question 3

What is Dullard and Miller’s model?

Answer 3

Mediated Generalization/Stimulus Generalization. Tendency for stimuli other than stimulus present in the learning process to elicit a learned response. The more similar these stimuli are to the one actually used in the learning process, the greater the probability is that they will elicit a learned response.

Ex: a little boy is deathly afraid of dentist. Parents take him to a therapist, who finds out that when the boy was younger, an intruder had broken into his room at night. As a result, the boy had a fear of dark rooms, and was told by his parents to keep a flashlight next to his bed. The psychologist recommended the child to take his flashlight to the dentist to help calm him down; it worked.

Question 4

Once a response is acquired, that response could be used in different situations. This response is known as a ____.

Answer 4

Trait

Question 5

What are the similarities between Dullard and Miller’s theory and Freud’s theory?

Answer 5

Both talk about biological drives
Responses can be acquired unconsciously
Drives can contradict one another

Question 6

True or false: Despite it being a new paradigm, Miller’s ideas are derived from Freud

Answer 6

True