Question 1

Explain Skinner's views of human language and demonstrate how his view represents his treatment of consciousness?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain Skinner's views of human language and...

Question 2

How did the Neo-Hullians admit cognitive processes into behavior theory without giving up the rigor of S-R formulations? In other words, explain the concept of mediation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of How did the Neo-Hullians admit cognitive processes...

Question 3

What did the philosopher Gilbert Ryle mean when he attacked the dogma of the "Ghost in the Machine" begun by Descartes. Briefly describe Wittgenstein's criticisms of psychology, and sketch what he would have psychologists do instead.

Accepted Answer

The answer of What did the philosopher Gilbert Ryle mean...

Question 4

You go to an art museum and you discover what you find to be a beautiful impressionistic painting of water lilies made of little tabs of paint. Contrast how a behaviorist would understand the beauty in the painting with that of the philosopher Wittgenstein. Explain what Wittgenstein means by his statement that human action is meaningful only within the setting of a form of life?

Accepted Answer

The answer of You go to an art museum and...

Quiz 11: Behaviorism 1892-1956

Explain Skinner's views of human language and demonstrate how his view represents his treatment of consciousness?

How did the Neo-Hullians admit cognitive processes into behavior theory without giving up the rigor of S-R formulations? In other words, explain the concept of mediation.

What did the philosopher Gilbert Ryle mean when he attacked the dogma of the "Ghost in the Machine" begun by Descartes. Briefly describe Wittgenstein's criticisms of psychology, and sketch what he would have psychologists do instead.