Compare and contrast the approaches of Watson and Skinner.
What will be an ideal response?
Watson was interested in reflexive behavior, while Skinner focused on operant
behavior, which is the behavior that is controlled by its consequences rather than by a
stimulus. However, both researchers were radical behaviorists because they believed
that behavior could be completely explained in terms of external events.
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In his introspection experiments, Titchener wanted his subjects (observers) to ____.?
a. ?try to create new images in consciousness from the presented stimuli b. ?search for their inner self c. ?have their galvanic skin response recorded while they gave their introspective reports d. ?be passive recorders of the experiences registering on the conscious mind e. ?remember their childhood experiences
REM sleep is beneficial because the locus coeruleus is ____ during that sleep stage, which improves the functioning of neurons that use ____ in the brain
a. ?active; norepinephrine b. ?active glutamate c. ?inactive; norepinephrine d. ?inactive; glutamate
Little Albert was a(n):
A) human infant conditioned to fear a white rat. B) human infant raised in a modified operant chamber. C) Bobo doll in Bandura's experiments on observational learning. D) affectionate nickname given to the Bobo doll in Bandura's experiments.
“A” refers to the ______ of a single N design.
A. antecedent phase B. baseline phase C. manipulation phase D. assessment phase