Assignments: Behaviorism And Neobehaviorism
Assignment 1
· Identify one Russian or American Behaviorist or Neobehaviorist psychologist from this unit's assigned readings.
· Analyze and summarize the individual's major contributions to scientific or psychological thought.
· Explain how the individual's ideas adhere to associationism, comparative psychology, objective psychology, physiological psychology, classical conditioning, behaviorism, neobehaviorism, materialism, hereditarism, environmentalism, purposive behaviorism, operationism, hypothetico-deductive system, applied behavior analysis, or radical behaviorism system of thought.
Assignment 2
Each student will locate and read a peer-reviewed journal article found in the Park McAfee Online Library and published within the past five years that relates to the main points found in this unit's assigned chapters.
Each student will summarize the article and provide the URL link to where it is located; identify any relationship between the research article and the main points of the assigned chapters; and discuss how it relates to any main point(s) in this unit's assigned chapters. Article abstracts are not sufficient for analysis of relationships between the article and the assigned readings historical ideas main points. You must read the entire article to come to your conclusions.
Assignment 3
Each student will write a research paper that discusses the development of scientific thought starting with the writings of the ancient Greek philosophers.
The student will move forward while critically analyzing: Modern Science, Empiricism, Sensationalism, Positivism, Rationalism, Romanticism, Existentialism, Physiology, Experimental Psychology, Voluntarism, Structuralism, Evolution, Functionalism, Behaviorism, Neobehaviorism, Gestalt Psychology, Psychoanalysis, & Humanism (19 categories).
The student will then discuss how the traditional schools and systems of psychology have influenced contemporary psychology and in turn affect the application of treatment.
The student also needs to address the ethics and values that have developed with the philosophical thought of human behavior.
The student will look at the role that contemporary psychology plays in different cutltures.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.