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EDF 6222 100% SOLUTION Scientifically skeptical - ANSWER Until there is evidence available, assumptions cannot be made structionalism - ANSWER relied on introspection which looks inward to describe sensations, positivism and feelings methodological - ANSWER thought of as a psychological version of logical positivism or operationism ontogeny - ANSWER is a learned behavior of a particular animal during its lifetim phylogency - ANSWER behaviors that have been passed down over the lifetime of the entire species Behaviorism - ANSWER Behaviorism is not the science of human behavior; it is the philosophy of that science (Skinner, 1974 pg 3) Pavlov - ANSWER 1. Respondent conditioning 2. he carefully controlled conditions that allowed him to show that particular stimuli can acquire (respond) the ability to elicit secretion 3. He avoided BOTH mentalistic and explanatory fictions conditioning - ANSWER 1. extends the scope of eliciting stimulus 2. does NOT bring all the behavior within stimulus control 3. can add different eliciting stimuli but will never fashion a novel response contingencies of reinforcement - ANSWER have edge for survival b/c prediction and control and the conditions under which a species acquires behavior are relatively accessible and can be manipulated genes - ANSWER predispose an individual's susceptibility to the influences from the environment. Genes do not cause behavior- they set up physical basis for the processes and structures that participate in behavior