PPT-Behaviorism

B F Skinner BF Skinner 19041990 B F Skinner 19041990 Skinners life Predetermined lawful and orderly A product of past reinforcements 1925 Hamilton College NY degree in English no courses in psychology . 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 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. Part 2. Intro to Psych. Class #4. 2/6/14. Behaviorism. Made famous by BF Skinner. In the 60s and 70s, his books were bestsellers . He could often be found on talk shows. Behaviorism. The Core Beliefs of Behaviorism. 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.. 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”. 1. st. Psychoanalysis. Now we segue to ---. 2. nd. Behaviorism. Freud to Pavlov. Many psychologists weren't satisfied with Freud's emphasis on the role of the unconscious. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in 1904 for his work on the digestive process, helped prepare the way for a new explanation of behavior. . 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. by Kathleen Stassen Berger. Chapter 2– Theories of Development . PowerPoint Slides. . developed by . Martin Wolfger and Michael James. Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington. Reviewed by Raquel Henry. . 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. Behavior Analysis. ABA. Is an extension of Experimental Analysis of Behavior to applied settings. Is not the same as behavior modification. Uses cognition in its approach. Focuses on clinically or socially relevant behaviors . . Several Schools or . Systems . of Psychology. School or system is a . systematic method of study guided by a set philosophy or theoretical viewpoint. Defines . the subject matter to be . studied. 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 .