PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Behaviorism, Bandura, Decision-Making
16 Dec 2015
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Chimps figure out how to get bananas tied up high did more than learn from reward, developed insight. Classic behaviourism based on animal research; think they can generalize to all species. Ignores social dimensions of learning isolated animals. Treats organism as passive just places animal there, it didn"t chose to be there. Dollard and miller: habit hierarchy moment. Top of habit hierarchy behaviour most likely performed in given. Bottom of habit hierarchy least likely behaviour. If rewarded for a certain behaviour, you are more likely to have it higher on the hierarchy (vice versa if you were punished for behaviour) Learning changes arrangement of unobservable psychological entity, the habit hierarchy: needs produce psychological drives, drive state of psychological tension that feels good when the. In each case, you will be willing to commit to these behaviours if they are far off in time as time approaches, you. Rotter"s social learning theory: decision making and the role of expectancies.
