Tollman

Question 1

what is neo behaviourism

Answer 1

neo behaviourism arrived after watson and talked about the variables beyond the s-r relation

they talked about mediating variables
s-o-r psychology

Question 2

what was tolman’s criticism on watson

Answer 2

• watsonian behaviourism was given the status of science at the expense of believability
• ## meantalistic words like cognition and mind and purpse were bnaished by watson or the meaning was skewed to the point where it defied common sense

Question 3

what was tolmans view on the type of behvaiourism he did

Answer 3

what tolman did was true behaviourism, because the end study was still of behaviour but the mentalistic terms were also given recognition

• also called his beahviourism molar behaviourism and watsons molecular

Question 4

why was tolman’s work also called purposive behaviourism

Answer 4

it went by that name becausehe asserted that all animals have purpose and they act in accordance of fulfilling that purpose

Question 5

what was tolmans take on intervening variables
eg expectancy

Answer 5

beyond s-r we have intervening variables for example expectancy
when a reward is recieved after each successful response to a stimuli then that creates expectancy which is key in directing behaviour

Question 6

what was tolmans take on reinforcement

Answer 6

distinguised between performance and learning
- reinforcement affects the performance of learned responses
- concept of latent learning and the rat experiment
- reinforcement affects your motivation levels subsequently your performance levels
- learning is a different process all together

Question 7

what was watsons take on experimental extinction

Answer 7

reinfrorcement causes your motivation lekin ek time ke baad your performnace is not upto the mark

because the reinforcement expectancy has increased and the reinforcement hasn’t kept up to the expectations

rupees 100 and rupees 10 example

Question 8

what do you mean by cognitive maps

Answer 8

you navigate through a neighbourhood and make stimulus stimulus connections rather than stimulus response connections

Question 9

tolman’s view on the role of insight learning

Answer 9

that all learning is not merely done b trials and errors
give the example of the smart crow and the smart chimpanzee

Question 10

that creditation can you give to tolman’s work

Answer 10

• gave space to mental processes
  -backed his work up with research
  -was actually a predeccesor to cognitive psychology