PPT-Behaviourism

What is Behavioural Psychology It is based on the belief that psychologists need empirical evidence in order to understand and change human behaviour Behavioural psychologists use experimentation. orguk The behaviourist approach the basics What assumptions do behaviourists make Behaviourists regard all behaviour as a response to a stimulus They assume that what we do is determined by the environment we are in which provides stimuli to which w Philosophical logical analytical behaviourism states a thesis about the meaning of mental te rms ultimately about the nature of mental concepts The data for empirical psychology are instances of behaviour what org anisms do these data are Public ins "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select-doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant- chief, and yes, even . Presented . By. P. . Musetha. Lecture 1: An Introduction. BP (Before Psychology). Psychology’s intellectual parents are Philosophy and Physiology. The Birth of Psychology. Wilhelm Wundt . proposed that we should study the mind independent of philosophy and physiology . Behaviourism . (Cont.). As psychoanalysis’ popularity grew, psychologists weren’t as hardcore about the “science-y” bits. During . the 1950’s B.F Skinner brought the focus back to observable behaviour. Behaviourism: Key Theorists. Pavlov. Watson. Skinner. WHAT IS BEHAVIOURISM?. The theory of behaviourism is based around the idea that all behaviours are acquired through conditioning which occurs during interaction within the surrounding environment.. www.peter-scales.org.uk. What??!!. No objectives?!. Learning. “Process by which experience causes permanent change in knowledge or behaviour.” . (Woolfolk, et al 2008: 245). “… behaviourists define learning as a relatively permanent change in behaviour as a result of experience. This change in behaviour is always observable …” . "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select-doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant- chief, and yes, even . :. two objections. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. (c) Michael Lacewing. Philosophical behaviourism. A . family of theories that claim that we can analyse mental concepts in terms of concepts that relate to the body, and in particular, the concept of ‘behaviour. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. © Michael Lacewing. Philosophical behaviourism. A . family of theories that claim that we can analyse mental concepts in terms of concepts that relate to the body, and in particular, the concept of ‘behaviour. Presented . By. P. . Musetha. Lecture 1: An Introduction. BP (Before Psychology). Psychology’s intellectual parents are Philosophy and Physiology. The Birth of Psychology. Wilhelm Wundt . proposed that we should study the mind independent of philosophy and physiology . Outcome 1Define Classical Conditioning. Outcome2 Define operant conditioning . Outcome 3 Explain classical conditioning- Watson’s work . Outcome 4 Evaluate the positives and negatives of classical conditioning . (Cont.). As psychoanalysis’ popularity grew, psychologists weren’t as hardcore about the “science-y” bits. During . the 1950’s B.F Skinner brought the focus back to observable behaviour. Skinner . PHOBIAS. Spec check!. How learning theories explain the acquisition and maintenance of phobias. . Treatments for phobias based on theories of learning, including . ... systematic desensitisation. and one other; flooding ( to include implosion therapy).