Air conditioning

Walter B. Cannon (1871-1945) "A quick and unconscious neurological response to a perceived threat that stimulates defensive behavior." He is an American Physiologist and Neurologist that became interested in the physical reactions of his laboratory animals when under stress. He studied the digestion of his animals and noticed that when an animal was frightened or scared, there would be physical changes on the stomach. Then he went on to study all of the various physiological reactions to stress…

end, or even lead to an onset of adverse behaviours. First of all, let us examine and discuss the method and ways in which children learn new behaviours. There’s Watson’s classical conditioning in which living things "learn" by establishing relations between different stimuli and events, Skinner’s operant conditioning emphasizes on using either negative or positive reinforcement or punishment to decrease and increase a behaviour. Bandura’s social learning theory stresses the significance of…

Introduction Functional Communication Training (FCT) “develops alternative behaviors that are sensitive to the EOs that maintain the problem behavior” (Cooper et al., p.497); EOs are establishing operations and FCT does not seek to change EOs. FCT uses differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors (DRA) because FCT interventions help the participant to create an alternative form of communication as an antecedent to the previous problem behavior. The DRA of communication provides the…

B.F. Skinner was a radical behaviorist who is most known for his self-titled Skinner Box and operant conditioning. Radical behaviorism assumes that behavior should be viewed as a consequence resulting from environmental histories of reinforcement. Behaviorism as a whole also does not take internal events, such as thinking, perceiving and unobservable emotions as an appropriate cause of an organism’s behaviors. However, B.F. Skinner was an exception to this traditional definition of…

Dr. Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz produced a novel, called The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, which focused on the development of the human brain and how this development can be altered when a child is exposed to severe trauma. Perry has personally experienced the negative effects trauma can have on the brain through his work. Doing so, has allowed Perry to introduce the Neurosequential Model. The Neurosequential Model allows a person to assess a child’s history and present functioning with a…

1964109908 Alley Cat Bowling Argument paper In class we did an experiment to help the Alley Cat Bowling team build a successful bowling lane, and we had to answer the question ,what recommendations will you give to the Alley Cats to help them win the bowling championship? Before this experiment, I had to research some things about energy. Energy is a property matter, and all matter has it. In other words its ability is to do works. Also, there are many other forms of energy like, sound,…

One of the classic studies in social psychology that is still very relevant today is the Bystander Effect. The Bystander Effect is a psychological phenomenon in which a bystander doesn’t help someone in need of aid due to being surrounded by a group of people, and proceeds as a witness. An experiment showcasing The Bystander Effect was conducted by psychologists John Darley and Bibb Latené in 1964. The idea for the experiment came about after the public murder of Kitty Genovese. Darley and…

Introduction This article analysis presents ideas from Watson about psychology and how it is viewed as a natural science. This analysis also elaborates Watson’s goals and why he believed that behaviorism could be controlled. The experiment performed by Watson is identified and used to attempt controlling behavior. The results stray far from Watson’s intentions, but is sufficient for his studies. During the article summary, two articles will be used to interpret Watson’s article as a whole…

Theories and theorists such as Skinner’s Operant Conditioning and Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning just to name a few. In order to understand theories, one must be able to understand the theorist. B. F. Skinner and Pavlov are known to be a major theorist of behavioral theories. Psychologist Burrhus…

Understanding the Spectrum of Jealousy in Dogs The article my group picked was “Jealousy in Dogs,” the experiment was conducted by Christine R. Harris and Caroline Prouvost out of the University of California, San Diego. The article was published in July of 2014 by the Public Library of Science (PLOS). The paper covers animal behavior, specifically dog emotions. The topic is interesting because I was always told you anthropomorphize your pets by giving them emotions. The paper hypothesizes…