LEARNING AFTER WATSON
The distinction between learning and performance
The theory: Rp= (D* sHr * K * V) - (Ir + sIr)
Application to Extinction
A difficulty w/Hull's theory
Reacted against S-R view
The theory: encoding S-S relations and S1-R-S2 expectancies
Comparison to the S-R approach
Evidence organisms encode the reinforcement
Evidence of learning in the absence of reinforcement
Evidence of S-S learning
Challenges to the S-R and cognitive views
Skinner's solution
Distinction between respondent and operant behavior
Avoid theoretical speculation
Schedules of reinforcement
Fixed ratio (FR) and variable ratio (VR)
Fixed interval (FI) and variable interval (VI)
Kimble's assessment of Watson's legacy
Behaviorism & intervening variables
Remaining tied to objective observations through converging operations
Methodological versus radical behaviorism