PPT-Behaviorism

M ethodological B ehaviorism Classical Conditioning While investigating the digestion of dogs Ivan Pavlov 18491936 observed that the dogs in his laboratory would salivate when they saw the people who brought their food. L Thorndike Ivan Pavlov Later influences Seligman Studies School of Behaviorism JB Watson An objective psychology that seeks to understand predict and control behavior as a function of environmental stimuli Focus on observable behavior No emphasis o That extreme nevermind perspective has now bred enormous neuroscientific problems of its own Panksepp 2005 needing a strong antidote along the lines outlined by Turnbull and Solms 2007 in this issue The banishment of the affective mind from behavior Each finger on your hand and the palm can represent a different perspective:. The thumb = Psychodynamic. Stick out your thumb and make a gesture over your shoulder while turning your head in that direction. You are “looking back,” just as a psychodynamic psychologist does when they are focusing on the past and unconscious conflicts stemming from childhood.. Introduction to Philosophy. Jason M. Chang. Lecture outline. Mind/body dualism. Materialism views. Behaviorism. Mind-brain identity theory. About this view. Dominant historical view. Common sense view today. It explains learning in terms of observable behaviours and how they are influenced by stimuli from the environment.. Content Page. Classical Conditioning. Ivan Pavlov’s 5 concepts. Generalization. Operant Conditioning. Introduction. Precursors of behaviorism. Founding of behaviorism. Reaction to Watson’s manifesto.  .  . 2. The rise of behaviorism: introduction. The history of behaviorism can start with describing the functionalist movement, which came before it.. Sarah Ganly , Yahoo! Contributor Network CTE-6 Behaviorism is a teacher centered philosophy that is closely related to realism. This philosophy focuses on human behavior as a reaction to external sti Ronald F. White, Ph.D.. Professor of Philosophy. College of Mount St. Joseph. INTRODUCTION. Themes in this Course so Far. The nature of the individual in relationship to the state. The nature of classes and/or “social groupings”. Is this true? Are we really the product. Of a lifetime of training? . "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 beggar-man and thief” – Albert Watson. . Psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) . Focuses on abnormal behavior. Freud connected unconscious drives and conflict often stemming from childhood. Psychoanalysis Cont’d. Relies on personal observation and reflection instead of controlled laboratory experimentation as its means of discovery. You Are What You Eat. Mind as Body. McGraw-Hill. © 2013 McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved.. 2.2-. 2. Empiricism. Empiricism. claims that the only source of knowledge about the external world is sense experience.. Four Key Developments:. Tolman. . introduces “intervening variables. ”. Hull . incorporates “biological drives. ”. Thorndike . establishes “reinforcement. ”. 4. Skinner . goes “. operant. a . brief overview. …. Math 149. Spring ‘14. Burger. . What is behaviorism all about?. . Behavioral psychology . is the study of external behavior. Behavior is . objective . and . observable. .. Perspectives. Psychoanalytic. Behaviorism. Humanism. Cognitive. Evolutionary. Biological/Biomedical. Psychodynamic. The psychodynamic perspective originated with the work of Sigmund Freud. This perspective emphasizes the role of the .