Experimental design

began working on another prototype design. I sent a photo of it to my other teammates so that they would know that we had another design to think about. Had we had more time I would have discussed this design with my teammates and had them help me create the prototype. Our third and final meeting was in the testing room. It was here where we tested out our different designs, landing on the one that combined the two initial designs. Once we had decided to use the design, we made the prototype…

B.F Skinner’s Influence in Psychology B.F Skinner is a pioneer in the field of psychology namely for his work in behavioralism. Even today his axioms are used to aid phobias and addictions. Furthermore, he invented the theory of operant conditioning, which is now considered foundational in psychology and is still applicable to the mind’s processes. Operant conditioning involves a multitude different principles that leave it relevant in today’s psychology, these principles include: shaping,…

This case will analyze – from the perspective of three teams of experts from the Behavioral, Social Cognitive and Cognitive schools of personality – Jane, who is a 38-year-old, African American female. She has wanted therapy ever since her husband was killed in a car crash. She was a passenger during the accident. However, while she wants therapy, she does not want to venture out of her home. In fact, she is afraid of such a prospect. Her family is not helping her, as they believe she is using…

Lauren Slater used Opening Skinner’s Box to demonstrate B. F. Skinner’s biography, and unorthodox experiments as a psychologist. Slater acts like detective psychologist who is confused about the “real” Skinner. She wants to know who exactly he was, and what are the real facts and myths about Skinner’s life, personality, methods, and interactions with people and family members. I guess, it’s a research journey for Slater to find out every truth about the male colleague called Skinner. She is nosy…

What is “Centrifugal Bumble Puppy”? Why is it important for games to require a complicated apparatus? Centrifugal Bumble Puppy is a game. It is played with kids circled around a chrome steel tower and a ball is thrown up so it can land on top of the tower. Then it goes down through the interior of the tower and come out through a whole and it has to be caught. The kids are taught to rely on the complex machinery and it increases the consumption of material goods and therefore to boost the…

Walk into any bookstore or library and it is easy to find self-help books that promise to transform your life. Karen Pryor demonstrates in Don’t Shoot the Dog! that the principles of behavioral training are applicable in all walks of life and illustrates the value of utilizing these techniques in daily life, as these principles can be used to train your pet, your parents or yourself with equal success. In this book she presents several concepts including reinforcers, shaping, stimulus control,…

The story “The Pit and the Pendulum’ is one of Edgar Allen’s most famous stories. He has three adjectives that describe him really well and there is supporting evidence from the story that will confirm it. The three adjectives that describe the character in this story are brave, scared and smart because of his choices he makes in the story and how he reacts to the different situations. The first adjective that describes the character would be brave. Brave describe this character in the “The Pit…

Throughout any day of ones life they make decisions that can impact the future for them and others, but is there determinism or free will behind the choices? In life many will make decisions that they feel are their own free will and some will make decisions and say it was a result of the environment they are in and that due to something that previously happened to them was a result in their purposeful choice or intention. Determinism is something that everyone lives with on a daily basis and…

Beauty and the Beast is one of the classic stories told in many different tales but the most popular version was created by Disney. Belle, a girl who lives in a provincial town, who chooses to be the prisoner of a beast to save her father. In the beginning Belle is afraid of the beast and wants nothing to do with him, but she learn to see the beauty within him. The beast, a prince who has a spell casted on him must learn to love before his twenty first birthday or he will be cursed to be a beast…

Throughout my degree program, I have learned about many theorists within the various psychological schools of thought. I feel each different theorist made a huge impression of psychology that is used in the modern world today. All the discoveries that were founded years ago, have helped introduce new ideas. Mental disorders are now manageable to live with, because there has been new approaches and theories to help a person better understand how to cope with these issues. In my opinion, I…