Psych 401 Spring 2004: Exam 3 Study Guide
Chapter 9: Behaviorism: Antecedents
- Be able to explain how the study of animals led to the growth of Behaviorism
- For Thorndike, be able to discuss his work with animal learning, connectionism, trial and error learning, and the law s of
learning.
- Be able to know what Pavlov accomplished in his research on conditioning and his contribution to psychology.
- Understand how the major positions of Functionalism inspired the Behaviorists.
Chapter 10: Behaviorism: Beginnings
-Be familiar with the work of Watson concerning learning & raising children.
- Know what methods Watson used in his research and the main topics he studied.
-The methods and the subject matters of behaviorism
- Understand what people criticized Watson for including the ideas from McDougall.
- Clearly share what people view as Watson’s main contributions to psychology.
Chapter 11 Behaviorism: After the Founding
-Be able to share what distinguishes the three stages of behaviorism in terms of dates and major theorists
-Know of one significant contribution to behaviorism given by Tolman and Hull
-Be able to discuss Skinner’s work in terms of operant conditioning, schedules of reinforcement, behavior
modification
-Know why the work of Rotter and Bandura is known for bringing the concept of mind back to
psychology
Chapter 12 Gestalt Psychology
-Be familiar with where and when the Gestalt school developed
- Be able to discuss each of the three major figures (Werthemier, Koffka, and Kohler) in this school in terms of
one significant contribution they made.
- Know what is meant by insight learning
-Be familiar with the Gestalt principles of perceptual organization
-Be familiar with Lewin’s work