Behavioral Analysis: B.F. Skinner Flashcards

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However, he did not claim that observable behavior is limited to external events. Such private behaviors as thinking, remembering, and anticipating are all observable—by the person experiencing them.

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Skinner

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In addition to being a radical behaviorist, Skinner can rightfully be regarded as a _____ and an _____.

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determinist, environmentalist

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The first psychologist to systematically study the consequences of behavior was _____, who worked originally with animals and then later with humans

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Edward L. Thorndike

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Thorndike observed that learning takes place mostly because of the effects that follow a response, and he called this observation the _____.

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law of effect

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Watson had studied both animals and humans and became convinced that the concepts of _____ and introspection must play no role in the scientific study of human behavior.

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consciousness

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Scientific behaviorism allows for an interpretation of behavior but not an explanation of its _____.

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causes

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Once learned, responses can be lost for at least four reasons:

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  1. Forgotten due time
  2. Lost due to interference
  3. Disppear due to punishment
  4. Extinction - weakened upon nonreinforcement
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Human personality is the product of a long evolutionary history. As individuals, our behavior is determined by genetic composition and especially by our personal histories of reinforcement. As a species, however, we are shaped by the contingencies of survival.

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Natural Selection

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Humans do not make a cooperative decision to do what is best for the society, but those societies whose members behaved cooperatively tended to survive.

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Cultural Evolution

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  1. Self-Awareness - humans have
  2. Drives - effects of deprivation and satiation, pag uhaw iinom
  3. Emotions
  4. Purpose and Intention
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Inner States

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Once again, Skinner did not deny the existence of higher mental processes such as cognition, reason, and recall; nor did he ignore complex human endeavors like creativity, unconscious behavior, dreams, and social behavior.

  1. Higher Mental Processes - covert problem solving
  2. Creativity - accidental got rewarded
  3. Unconscious Behavior - no longer thinks, suppressed thru punishment
  4. Dreams - covert symbolic
  5. Social Behavior - groups do not behave, only individual
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Complex Behavior

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