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“Getting inside of your head”
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Behaviorism Only examines data that is public and observable
Introspection is unimportant Personality = What you actually do Traits, UCS, CS experiences, do not matter Only B data matter
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Behaviorism What determines personality? The observed environment
Not hidden process inside the mind
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Behaviorism 1) A persons behavior 2) A persons environment
All that matters is 1) A persons behavior 2) A persons environment
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Philosophical Roots Empiricism Tabula Rasa
Everything you know comes from experience Tabula Rasa Note how this is different than other approaches
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Philosophical Roots Associationism
Two things become associated into one if they are repeatedly experienced close together
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Philosophical Roots Noise Book
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Philosophical Roots Thunder Lightning
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Philosophical Roots
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Philosophical Roots Both empiricism and associatoinism are all that is needed to explain all knowledge Even complex ideas can be seen as combinations of simple ideas Reductionism David Hume John Locke Thomas Hobbes
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Philosophical Roots One last element is missing What makes you go?
Why do people behave at all?
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Philosophical Roots Hedonism People learn in order to 1) Seek pleasure
2) Avoid pain
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Philosophical Roots 1) Empiricism 2) Associationism 3) Hedonism
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Behaviorism “Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select--doctor, lawyer, merchant-chief, and yes, even beggarman and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, or abilities”
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Learning A stable change in behavior as a function of one’s experience with the environment What learning is not the acquisition of knowledge Environment Behavior Learning
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Types of Learning 1) Habituation 2) Classical Conditioning
3) Operant Conditioning
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Habituation Why do you jump less each time? You learned!
Simplest type of learning
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Habituation The initial response can be maintained if the stimulus is changed or increased with each exposure
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Classical Conditioning
Why do you get anxious at the sight of a balloon and a pen? Why do you cringe when you see fingernails and a chalk board?
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Ivan Pavlov
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Classical Conditioning
“learned” Stimulus a condition that elicits a response Response a behavior done after the stimulus
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Classical Conditioning
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) Unconditioned Response (UCR) Conditioned Stimulus (CS) Conditioned Response (CR)
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Classical Conditioning
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Balloon Figure out the: Neutral Stimulus UCS UCR CS CR
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Classical Conditioning in Dating
Make women/men love you! Figure out the: Neutral Stimulus UCS UCR CS CR
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