Challenges to behaviorism

Challenges to behaviorism

1. Pavlov, Skinner, Watson contributed to the growth of this theory (the 1930s- 1950s)

2. Organisms tend to misbehave

   • Behaviorists predicted that the rats would select path 1 then 2 and finally 3. When block 3 was in place, the rats selected path 3 on the first trial 90% of the time
   • Misbehaviors in humans
     • Infant attachment theory
       • theory of ironic process

3. Linguistics: Chomsky Vs Skinner

4. World war II, verbal learning