exam 3

Question 1

what does watson believe about behaviorism

Answer 1

individuals have very little to offer to the SR relationship

Question 2

what is neobehaviorism

Answer 2

1930-1960
- most behavior can be accounted for by the laws of conditioning
- must adopt principle of operationism

Question 3

what was tolmans purposive behaviorism

Answer 3

combining the objective study of behavior with the consideration of purposiveness or goal orientation in behavior
- reinforcement is not necessary
- latent learning

Question 4

Tolman’s Rats

Answer 4

3 groups
- one reinfoced from day 1
- one not reinforced at all
- one reinforced starting on day 11

learning was happening during all the time spent in the maze with no reinforcement

change in their behavior reflects a change in their motivation

Question 5

what are intervening variables

Answer 5

unobserved and inferred factors within the organism that are the actual determinants of behavior
- the Organism can be measured through behavior

Question 6

what are skinners contributions

Answer 6

• developed a program for the behavioral control of society
• promoted behavior modification techniques
• invented an automated crib for tending infants

Question 7

what is skinners behavior modification

Answer 7

the use of positive reinforcement to control/modify the behavior of individuals or groups
- a frequently used clinical application in mental hospitals, schools, prisons, etc. to change undesireable behaviors to more acceptable ones

Question 8

what were criticisms of skinners behaviorism

Answer 8

• extreme positivism and opposition to theory
• reinforcement was not as all-powerful as skinner claimed

Question 9

what is the third stage of behaviorism

Answer 9

sociobehaviorism: the cogntiive challenge

Question 10

who was julian rotter

Answer 10

first to use term social learning theory
- argued that we learn primarily through social experiences