October 31, 2024

·      What question about the reading for today did I prepare before class?

o   Why was the use of infants so important to Watson and why did he not decondition litter albert?

·      What key ideas did I hear in seminar today?

o   Donaldson became a large influence in Watson’s early career, and even helped him with his doctoral thesis research on the relationship between white rats’ behavior and neurological processes

o   Conditioned Emotional Reactions

§  Used infants

§  Wanted to see which emotions were innate

·      Fear

·      Love

·      Rage

o   Rise of Neo behaviorism

§  Edward Toleman

§  Latent learning

§  Purposive behaviorism

§  Clark Hull

§  Mechanistic behaviorism

o   Operant conditioning

§  Learning involved much more than just the acquisition

§  Active learning = operate conditioning

o   Skinner box

o   Reinforces that didn’t interfere with natural behavior

§  Primary

§  Secondary

·      What substantive ideas or comments did I contribute in seminar today?

o   Gave an example by relating to alternative school

·      What did I learn today that contributed to my understanding of psychology?

o   His ideas of objectivity still continue to influence the study of psychology today

o   Predictability and control of behavior is still important in human and animal studies