PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Semantic Differential, Associationism, Logical Positivism
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Ernest r. hilgard (one of most important textbook writer) Textbook writer, articulate for both students and teachers the different strands that make up an emerging discipline research to come. Wrote series of textbook on learning that substantially categorized and structured the entire. Hull, and tolman: notes about theories of learning: Organismic/field theories are dropped in later editions because it was no longer relevant. Freud made an appearance in the second edition, but hilgard was known as a serious skeptic in relation to psychoanalysis. Pavlov has a full chapter in fourth edition. Piaget was introduced in fourth but was dropped in fifth along with freud. Trained in logic and philosophy of science completely rigorous deduction or ultimate validity in an argument. A combination of stimuli (not just one) act on an organism to produce movements. Observes (like aristotle) that movements are different from acts; ex.
