Behaviorism Exam with Questions and Answers

Behaviorism Exam with Questions and Answers Background of Behaviorism ANSWER Functionalism used introspection and the study of behavior Desire for an objective psychology Psychology: science of human behavior Interest in applied psychology Study behavior directly without introspection Success of animal research Ivan Sechenov ANSWER Explain all psychic phenomena with association and materialism External stimulation causes all behavior When external events remain unnoticed, we see thought as cause of action Nothing mysterious about consciousness Explain by physiological processes Action, Mind, reflexive to external stimuli. Sechenov: Inhibition ANSWER Behavior as reflexive Develop voluntary control over reflex Mechanisms in the brain inhibit reflex Humans slowly develop inhibitory control over reflexive behavior Prior experience influences present acts Explain behavior as excitation or inhibition Psychology as science through physiology