Lectures (Behaviourism/Research/Storytelling))

Question 1

When was behaviourism dominant?

Answer 1

1930-1960, fell in 1960

Question 2

What lead to the demise of Behaviourism?

Answer 2

Noam Chomsky’s analytic program, stated that animals are born with predispositions so we must be too.

Question 3

What was the intention of Project Bluebird/MKUltra?

Answer 3

To retrain people and wipe all previous memory

Question 4

Define instinctual drift

Answer 4

Instincts take over and they get distracted

Question 5

How is language acquired according to:
A) Skinner
B) Chomsky

Answer 5

A) Reinforcement by parents
B) Language predisposition (innate knowledge that assists in acquisition)

Question 6

What are two reasons that prove Skinner is wrong in terms of language acquisition?

Answer 6

1) Poverty of stimulus: not enough language exposure, Language of all its complexity emerges despite the absence of proper exposure)
2) Language used too creatively for behavourism

Question 7

3 Ways to Acquire Knowledge

Answer 7

Authority, intuition/beliefs, empiricism

Question 8

3 steps to establish causality

Answer 8

1) Correlation between IV and DV
2) Temporal precedence (IV preceded DV)
3) Eliminates confounds

Question 9

Define:
A) overconfidence effect
B) confirmation bias

Answer 9

A) tendency to be overly sure when one shouldn’t
B) tendency to only pay attention to evidence that supports our original idea

Question 10

What is the first and most simple theory on attributions?

Answer 10

Situational-dispositional attribution theory (Heider), attributions are either internal or external