PSY 331 Week 1 Discussion 2

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Behaviorism

Prior to engaging in this discussion, read the Introduction and Chapter One in your required e-book, watch the B.F. Skinner - Operant Conditioning and Free Will  video, and review the Instructor Guidance.

https://ashford.instructure.com/courses/48107/files/9386845/preview

·         Summarize the following constructs that the behaviorist movement promotes:

o    Associative learning

o    Connectionism, including the laws of learning

o    Conditioning

§  Classical

§  Operant

o    Reflect on your own experiences in the workplace or in organizational settings (school, church, volunteer sites). What is an example of applied behaviorism that you have experienced in one of these settings?

o    Based on your e-book commentary, why do you think the reader is encouraged to think skeptically about the content included?

o    Are there potential concerns with associating learning behaviors with theory-based only on anti-mentalism?

o    What truths can be disseminated from the historic evolution of the behaviorist framework?

*Note that your posting should be thorough and 300-400 words.

Peer Replies: Read several of your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of your classmates, and at least one of your classmates’ responses to your initial post. Can you offer your peer elaboration or clarification about one of the constructs they discussed? Did you discuss different aspects of behaviorism in your own posting that you could share in your reply? Do you have a differing opinion about why learning behaviors should or should not be associated with anti-mentalism?