PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Social Learning Theory, Kenneth Spence, Clark L. Hull

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2B03
• Professor: Judith Shedden

Document Summary

Present person with stimulus, and to look inside themselves and analyse that sensation into its constituent pieces. When individuals where asked to do this they came up with very different reports reports matched theories of professor. John b. watson: radical behaviourism: abandon introspection and anything that has to do with trying to understand the mind, have to scientifically rely on the observation of verifiable behaviour. Radical behaviourism: not be studying thoughts and sensations, but the inner workings of the mind do not exist, mind does not really exist, extreme position. Learning in behaviour: learned associations, classical and instrumental conditioning. E. l. thorndike: instrumental learning: association with behaviour and reward. General learning theory: clark hull, kenneth spence, mathematical model. B. f. skinner: radical behaviourism returns, reward and punishment, schedules of reinforcement, no theories, positive reinforcement schedules. Behaviourist approach to memory: strengthening of association, don"t recall in order of association which is not what the behaviourist would expect.