BEHAVIOURISM

BEHAVIOURISM

1. THORNDIKE 1848

   • LAW OF EFFECT
     • READINESS
       • CONSEQUENCE OF LEARNING
         • PRAISE/REWARD
           • ENCOURAGE LEARNING

2. ANTI-MENTALISTS

   • REACTION TO FREUD 1895

3. GATHER DATA

   • CONTROLLED/EXPERIMENTS
     • APPLY TO ALL SPECIES
       • DO NOT ALLOW FOR COGNITVE/BLACK BOX

4. PAVLOV 1897

   • UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE/SALIVATING DOG
     • ASSOCIATED/BELL
       • CONDITIONED RESPONSE
     • NEUTRAL STIMULUS/FOOD
   • CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

5. WATSON 1913

   • LITTLE ALBERT/WHITE RAT
   • NO DIVIDE - MAN/BRUTE
     • UNITARY SCHEME/ALL SPECIES SAME
   • EGALITARIAN/BLANK SLATE

6. SKINNER 1936

   • CONSEQUENCE/REWARD
     • OPERANT CONDITIONING
       • PRODUCING A CONSEQUENCE/REPEAT OF ACT
       • TOKEN ECONOMY

7. THERAPIES

   • SYSTEMATIC DESENSITISATION
   • FLOODING
   • AVERSION

8. IGNORES THOUGHT

   • TREATS SYMPTOMS/NOT CAUSES/SHORT TERM
     • DEHUMANISING/DEMEANING

9. SOCIAL CARE

   • FOCUS ON OBSERVED BEHAVIOUR
     • RESULTS ARE QUICK AND EFFECTIVE
       • WORKS FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES
   • DOES NOT LABEL
   • GOOD FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE