Psy/405 Matrix
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Learning Personality Theories Matrix Theory | Assumptions | Reliability | Validity | Application | Behavioral Analysis Theory | * Originated by E.L. Thorndike and John Watson but typically associated with B.F. Skinner. * General focus was on observable behavior even though internal states such as thinking and feeling can influence behavior as well. * History of an individual provides the most useful data for predicting and controlling behavior. However, behavior is also shaped by natural selection and the evolution of culture. * The Behavioral Analysis Theory has been developed by assistance of observing animals, with priority to rats and pigeons. * Operant Conditioning is a process in which reinforcement (punishment) is given based upon the occurrence of a specific behavior. * There are two types of reinforcers, positive and negative. A positive reinforce is used to increase the likelihood that the given behavior will occur. A negative reinforcer is taking a specific stimulus away activating the possibility that the given behavior will occur. * Reinforcements are applied in two different variants, the first being a continuous process; the other type being intermittent. * There are two types of punishments that have been identified. The first presents a stimulus and the second involves removing a positive stimulus within a situation.Feist, J., & Feist, G. J. (2009). | * This theory establishes reliability through the ABC’s of behavioral theory which includes; Antecedent, behavior and consequence. * This is deemed as a framework that helps to explain and identify the origin of behavior. | * When it comes to validity, behavioral analysis can be compared to the six criteria of a useful theory. The theory has continually generated research and rates very high on falsifiability. * Because Skinner focused primarily on behavior and not on internal factors, he put a lesser importance on personality,
Learning Personality Theories Matrix Theory | Assumptions | Reliability | Validity | Application | Behavioral Analysis Theory | * Originated by E.L. Thorndike and John Watson but typically associated with B.F. Skinner. * General focus was on observable behavior even though internal states such as thinking and feeling can influence behavior as well. * History of an individual provides the most useful data for predicting and controlling behavior. However, behavior is also shaped by natural selection and the evolution of culture. * The Behavioral Analysis Theory has been developed by assistance of observing animals, with priority to rats and pigeons. * Operant Conditioning is a process in which reinforcement (punishment) is given based upon the occurrence of a specific behavior. * There are two types of reinforcers, positive and negative. A positive reinforce is used to increase the likelihood that the given behavior will occur. A negative reinforcer is taking a specific stimulus away activating the possibility that the given behavior will occur. * Reinforcements are applied in two different variants, the first being a continuous process; the other type being intermittent. * There are two types of punishments that have been identified. The first presents a stimulus and the second involves removing a positive stimulus within a situation.Feist, J., & Feist, G. J. (2009). | * This theory establishes reliability through the ABC’s of behavioral theory which includes; Antecedent, behavior and consequence. * This is deemed as a framework that helps to explain and identify the origin of behavior. | * When it comes to validity, behavioral analysis can be compared to the six criteria of a useful theory. The theory has continually generated research and rates very high on falsifiability. * Because Skinner focused primarily on behavior and not on internal factors, he put a lesser importance on personality,
References: Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W.H. Freeman. * Salter A., M. D., (2011). A theoretical review of the infant-mother relationship. Retrieved from http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/attachment/online/attach_depend.pdf