| History of Psychology, 4/e David Hothersall,
Ohio State University
Four Neobehaviorist Psychologists
Chapter Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should: - Understand the main points of discrepancy amongst the neobehaviorists
- Know of Tolman’s purposive behaviorism and the implications of his latent learning
- Know of Guthrie’s principle of contiguity and how it accounted for so much
- Be able to describe Tolman’s and Guthrie’s views on the role of reinforcement
- Appreciate Hull’s research in aptitude testing and hypnosis
- Understand Hull’s learning theory, including his postulate of habit strength
- Know the primary components of Skinner’s operant conditioning
- Understand shaping, schedules of reinforcement, and the basics of behavior modification
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