Question 1

Skinner criticized earlier experimental methods in animal psychology for:

Accepted Answer

A)  chopping behavior up into arbitrary trials 
B)  not being enough like the natural world 
C)  involving subjective and arbitrary judgments by psychologists 
D)  all of the above 
A)  chopping behavior up into arbitrary trials 
B)  not being enough like the natural world 
C)  involving subjective and arbitrary judgments by psychologists 
D)  all of the above

Question 2

You go to an art museum and you discover what you find to be a beautiful impressionistic painting of water lilies made of little tabs of paint. Contrast how a behaviorist would understand the beauty in the painting with that of the philosopher Wittgenstein. Explain what Wittgenstein means by his statement that human action is meaningful only within the setting of a form of life?

Accepted Answer

A behaviorist would likely understand th

Question 3

According to philosophical or logical behaviorism, the meaning of everyday mental terms comes from:

Accepted Answer

A)  reference to states of the brain 
B)  reference to behavioral dispositions to behave a certain way 
C)  being shaped by society to respond in certain ways to internal stimuli 
D)  reference to computational functions in the mind 
A)  reference to states of the brain 
B)  reference to behavioral dispositions to behave a certain way 
C)  being shaped by society to respond in certain ways to internal stimuli 
D)  reference to computational functions in the mind

Question 4

Watson's manifesto for behaviorism shared important themes with contemporary manifestos in the field of:

Accepted Answer

A)  modern art 
B)  theology 
C)  politics 
D)  sociology 
A)  modern art 
B)  theology 
C)  politics 
D)  sociology

Skinner criticized earlier experimental methods in animal psychology for:

According to philosophical or logical behaviorism, the meaning of everyday mental terms comes from:

Watson's manifesto for behaviorism shared important themes with contemporary manifestos in the field of:

Introduction

The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment 1700-1815

The Ascent of Science 1815-1914

The Psychology of Consciousness

The Psychology of the Unconscious

The Psychology of Adaptation

Cognitive Science 1956-2016

The Rise of Applied Psychology 1892-1939

The Psychological Society 1940-2016

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Exam 11: Behaviorism 1892-1956

Skinner criticized earlier experimental methods in animal psychology for:

According to philosophical or logical behaviorism, the meaning of everyday mental terms comes from:

Watson's manifesto for behaviorism shared important themes with contemporary manifestos in the field of:

Introduction

The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment 1700-1815

The Ascent of Science 1815-1914

The Psychology of Consciousness

The Psychology of the Unconscious

The Psychology of Adaptation

Cognitive Science 1956-2016

The Rise of Applied Psychology 1892-1939

The Psychological Society 1940-2016

Filters