what is neo behaviourism
neo behaviourism arrived after watson and talked about the variables beyond the s-r relation
they talked about mediating variables
s-o-r psychology
what was tolman’s criticism on watson
- watsonian behaviourism was given the status of science at the expense of believability
- ## meantalistic words like cognition and mind and purpse were bnaished by watson or the meaning was skewed to the point where it defied common sense
what was tolmans view on the type of behvaiourism he did
what tolman did was true behaviourism, because the end study was still of behaviour but the mentalistic terms were also given recognition
- also called his beahviourism molar behaviourism and watsons molecular
why was tolman’s work also called purposive behaviourism
it went by that name becausehe asserted that all animals have purpose and they act in accordance of fulfilling that purpose
what was tolmans take on intervening variables
eg expectancy
beyond s-r we have intervening variables for example expectancy
when a reward is recieved after each successful response to a stimuli then that creates expectancy which is key in directing behaviour
what was tolmans take on reinforcement
distinguised between performance and learning
- reinforcement affects the performance of learned responses
- concept of latent learning and the rat experiment
- reinforcement affects your motivation levels subsequently your performance levels
- learning is a different process all together
what was watsons take on experimental extinction
reinfrorcement causes your motivation lekin ek time ke baad your performnace is not upto the mark
because the reinforcement expectancy has increased and the reinforcement hasn’t kept up to the expectations
rupees 100 and rupees 10 example
what do you mean by cognitive maps
you navigate through a neighbourhood and make stimulus stimulus connections rather than stimulus response connections
tolman’s view on the role of insight learning
that all learning is not merely done b trials and errors
give the example of the smart crow and the smart chimpanzee
that creditation can you give to tolman’s work
- gave space to mental processes
-backed his work up with research
-was actually a predeccesor to cognitive psychology
