Post-Reading Break Notes

Two toolkits

Objective observation --------- Subjective observation
Quantitative -------------------- Qualitative
Mechanistic Worldview -------- Organismic Worldview
Reductionism ------------------- Holism Emergence
Prediction & Determinism ------ Unpredictiblity/Indeterminism
Experimentation

Behavioursim

Mentalism was rejected by animal psychology
Morgan's Canon

Animal experiments exmplify two principles of behavioursim: The laws of natural learning (reinforcement learning) and the laws of conditioning (S-R learning). Thorndike and Pavlov.

Key pages: 6a 275-277, 289-291, 275-296
6b: 459-460, 464, 500-504
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Two toolkits

Objective observation --------- Subjective observation
Quantitative -------------------- Qualitative
Mechanistic Worldview -------- Organismic Worldview
Reductionism ------------------- Holism Emergence
Prediction & Determinism ------ Unpredictiblity/Indeterminism
Experimentation

Behavioursim

Mentalism was rejected by animal psychology
Morgan's Canon

Animal experiments exmplify two principles of behavioursim: The laws of natural learning (reinforcement learning) and the laws of conditioning (S-R learning). Thorndike and Pavlov.

Key pages: 6a 275-277, 289-291, 275-296
6b: 459-460, 464, 500-504
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Questions:

Question 1 [text 6a]: From the following list, identify the single "ontological" assumption not part of behaviorism:

A) Mind does not exist
B) The real subject of psychology is behavior, rather than memory, reasoning, will, etc.
C) Mental experiences (consciousness, awareness, thinking, etc.) are merely physiological events taking place in the nervous system in response to stimuli.
D) The behavior of animals and humans must be considered on the samtine plane

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Question 2 [text 6a]: In the following list, identify the single "methodological" commitment not part of behaviorism:

A) No conjectures and hypotheses about invisible cognitive functions are allowed
B) Behavioral processes must be explained by laws derived from observable and objective phenomena
C) Behaviorism must be an experimental science
D) The theoretical goal of the field is prediction and control of behavior
E) Introspection constitutes an inherent method to the field
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Question 3 [text 6b]: In the following list, identify one component that is not part of social psychology's object of study.

A) Social psychology is the study of the ways in which thoughts, feelings, perceptions, motives, and behavior are influenced by interactions and transactions between people. (NO)
B) Social psychology is not about what goes strictly within one's head nor about large sociological phenomena (stratification, social organization, institutions). Rather, it is about everything in-between. (NO)
C) Social psychology explains how the thought, feeling, and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others (NO)
D) Social psychology is concerned with phenomena such as conformity, persuasion, prejudice, love, and aggression

6a] M. Hunt (2007), The Story of Psychology, Revised Edition, only p. 274-298, 311-317 ("The Behaviorists").

[6b] M. Hunt (2007), The Story of Psychology, Revised Edition, only p. 459-470, 476-485, 488-490, 497-504 ("The Social Psychologists").
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