PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Thematic Apperception Test
16 Nov 2017
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Tolman behaviour is molar something to be studied as a whole and not reduced to its component parts. Behaviour directed toward a goal is also persistent, tending to continue until the goal is obtained. Molar behaviour: behaviours leading to a goal form a consistent pattern of responses. There is a selectivity to behaviour, so that the shortest or easiest path to the goal will be taken. In the process of learning that particular behaviours lead to particular goals, expectancies are established. Expectancy that particular behaviours will lead to a specific goal > goals can be found in particular locations. Cognitive map: indicates the places in which goals may be found. Organisms acquire expectations both that behaviour will be rewarded and that the reward can be found in specific locations. Field theory: emphasizes the idea that the reaction of an object is the result of all the forces acting upon that object within the field containing it.
