Flashcards
Module 1
Cards in this deck (5)
- 1Methodological BehaviorismA philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science.
- 2"Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It" - (Watson, 1913)A seminal article that marked the beginning of behaviorism and is also know as the "behaviorist manifesto"
- 3Stimulus-Response BehaviorismThe suggestion that a natural science of behavior should consist of direct observation of the relationships between environmental stimuli (S) and resposnes (R).
- 4Psychology as a Natural ScienceA field of study of human behavior that is based on empirical research and not introspection
- 5MentalismAn approach to explaining behavior that assumes that a mental, or inner, dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension.