BF SKinner 9-15 quiz

not seen as direct causes of behavior but as explanatory fictions

• Drives

• Self-awareness

• emotions

• Purpose and Intentions

Skinner argued that these are within the contingencies of survival and reinforcement

• Drives

• Self-Awareness

• Emotions

• purpose and Intention

this behavior results from learned patterns

• Complex behavior

• Unconscious Behavior

• Self Control

• Social Control

a covert behavior shaped by external reinforcement and environmental contingencies.

• Complex behavior

• higher mental process

• dreams

• creativity

It emphasizes that groups do not behave as unified entities; instead, behavior is exhibited by individuals within those groups.

• Complex Behavior

• social behavior

• unconscious behavior

• control of human behavior

Skinner believed that behaviors are a result of environmental variables and learning experiences, not unconscious thoughts or feelings.

• Complex Behavior

• Social Behavior

• Unconscious Behavior

• Dreams

aims to influence individuals’ behavior to align with societal or group expectations.

• self control

• social control

• counteracting strategies

• control of human behavior