The document discusses the Behaviorist school of thought in psychology. It emerged in response to the industrial revolution which changed human labor and behavior. Psychologists sought to analyze, predict, and control human behavior. Edward Thorndike established an influential lab and conducted experiments on cats to understand learning. His "laws of learning" included the law of effect, stating that behaviors reinforced by rewards are learned; the law of exercise, that repeated behaviors are learned through repetition alone; the law of recency, that the most recent behavior is best remembered; and the law of belongingness, that only relevant behaviors to a situation are learned. The Behaviorist school analyzed learning as responses to environmental stimuli and conditioning.
The document discusses the Behaviorist school of thought in psychology. It emerged in response to the industrial revolution which changed human labor and behavior. Psychologists sought to analyze, predict, and control human behavior. Edward Thorndike established an influential lab and conducted experiments on cats to understand learning. His "laws of learning" included the law of effect, stating that behaviors reinforced by rewards are learned; the law of exercise, that repeated behaviors are learned through repetition alone; the law of recency, that the most recent behavior is best remembered; and the law of belongingness, that only relevant behaviors to a situation are learned. The Behaviorist school analyzed learning as responses to environmental stimuli and conditioning.
The document discusses the Behaviorist school of thought in psychology. It emerged in response to the industrial revolution which changed human labor and behavior. Psychologists sought to analyze, predict, and control human behavior. Edward Thorndike established an influential lab and conducted experiments on cats to understand learning. His "laws of learning" included the law of effect, stating that behaviors reinforced by rewards are learned; the law of exercise, that repeated behaviors are learned through repetition alone; the law of recency, that the most recent behavior is best remembered; and the law of belongingness, that only relevant behaviors to a situation are learned. The Behaviorist school analyzed learning as responses to environmental stimuli and conditioning.
The document discusses the Behaviorist school of thought in psychology. It emerged in response to the industrial revolution which changed human labor and behavior. Psychologists sought to analyze, predict, and control human behavior. Edward Thorndike established an influential lab and conducted experiments on cats to understand learning. His "laws of learning" included the law of effect, stating that behaviors reinforced by rewards are learned; the law of exercise, that repeated behaviors are learned through repetition alone; the law of recency, that the most recent behavior is best remembered; and the law of belongingness, that only relevant behaviors to a situation are learned. The Behaviorist school analyzed learning as responses to environmental stimuli and conditioning.
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BEHAVIORIST SCHOOL
Introduction Greatest development – mankind history – industrial revolution – 18th century Rational approach – speculative methods by Greeks IR – deep impact - development of human thoughts – ultimately psychology discipline As industry developed – manual to machine labor – number of changes human behavior Manual labor to factories – production increase rapidly Imperative for producer – predict & control human bevaior – so to sell more Another aspect – productivity & consumption – human behavior – need for study human behavior arose Psychologists – analyzing, predicting, controlling human behavior School of thought – Behaviorist school – into being.
Definition: The Behaviorist Approach. Behaviorism, also known as behavioral psychology, is a theory of learning which states all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment through a process called conditioning. Thus, behavior is simply a response to environmental stimuli.
EDWARD LEE THORNDIKE
American Behaviorist, philosopher, psychologist 1874 – 1949 After studies - harward uni – established lab – experiment on cats – most famous experiments Contribution – laws of learning Based upon his experiments, he proved how learning takes place – which he called “laws of learning.
Law of effect – Law of Exercise – Recency effect –
Law of belongings
Law of Effect: LEP – Edward - response -
satisfaction – attached to situation – means – act performed – reinforced by rewards – bring satisfaction - act learnt & reoccur in future.
For example1: If an animal such as a cat is
rewarded with food if it performs a certain act, the act shall be learnt by the cat.
For example2: If you study and then get
a good grade on a test, you will be more likely to study for the next exam. For example3: If you run a red light and then get a traffic ticket, you will be less likely to disobey traffic lights in the future.
Law of Exercise: States - rsponses repeated – stamped in & learnt – no focus on reinforemnet thru satisfaction – individual performing certain act repeatedly – learnt – in other words, Exercise constantly performed – learnt.
Law of Recency Effect:
In experiment – last cat – reinforced – learns quickly For example if a cat is rewarded for the last act which it performs in a series of acts, the last one shall be learnt by the cat. Therefore, as the name implies, the law relates to the most recent act performed by the subject which is learnt by it.
Law of Belongingness The law of belongingness states that only relevant responses that ―belong‖ to the learning situation are learnt. For example, the moving of paws by the cat in the puzzle box is learnt but not pricking of ears.
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