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Pavlov and classical conditioning Watson and behaviorism Thorndikes Law of Effect
John Dollard and Neal Miller Habits, Drives, and the Learning Process
Emphasize the role of learning in personality and place less stress on personality structure Habits learned association between a stimulus and response that make them occur together frequently Drives a strong stimulation that produces discomfort Primary drives Secondary drives
B. F. Skinner
As a child, fascinated with machines and knowing how things work Interested in animal behavior and biology Took beliefs of Watson to their logical extreme Observable behavior can be completely comprehended in terms of responses to factors in the environment
Types of reinforcement
Positive Negative Punishment Omission Training
Interval reinforcement
Fixed interval Variable interval
Social Utopias
Skinners book Walden II described his concept of utopia
Behaviorally engineered society designed by benevolent psychologist using positive reinforcements