Exam 12: Behaviorism

Bechterev's reflexology studied the relationship between behavior and physical,biological,and social conditions.

For Pavlov,all behavior was reflexive and can be explained in terms of excitation and/or inhibition within the central nervous system.

Unlike Sechenov,Pavlov had a positive opinion of psychology.

From the extensive research with the white rat,Watson began developing his ideas about behaviorism.

McDougall stated that all organisms are born with instincts that provide the motivation to act in certain ways.Instincts have 3 components.Which of the following is not one of the three?

Because John Watson has become known for other accomplishments,it is often overlooked that he was one of the United States' early

Behaviorism was already established in the U.S.before the development of objective psychology in Russia.

Pavlov acknowledged that ____ objective work on the learning process preceded his own.

____ is the belief that behavior cannot be explained in terms of internal events of any type.

Describe Pavlov's view of unconditioned and conditioned reflexes,including excitation and inhibition,the phenomenon of extinction,spontaneous recovery,and disinhibition.

McDougall studied what he called purposive behavior,which was different from the reflexive behavior of Watson and the Russian researchers.

When Watson finally outlined his behavioristic position,Titchener was not upset because he (Titchener)believed that:

Who taught Watson that plants and simple animals,because of their biological makeup,respond automatically in characteristic ways to particular environmental stimuli (tropisms)?

Sechenov:

One of McDougall's major criticisms of Watson's position was that it:

In Pavlov's experimental example,the meat powder was the

Sechenov insisted that ____ causes all behavior.

Discuss McDougall's purposive behavior.

Sechenov believed that the only valid approach to study psychology was objective methods of physiology.

For Sechenov,the only valid way to study psychology was to use: