How does behaviorism
explain the fact
that humans will work for abstract rewards such as
money and social praise?
What is self-efficacy? How can it be used to
explain differences in performance between
two people who have similar experience with a task?
How is social learning theory a kind of extension
of behaviorism? How does it differ from
behaviorism?
Compare and contrast behavioristic explanations of
behavior with psychodynamic explanations of
behavior.
Pick a behavior in your own life or that you have
observed in others and try to explain it
using the concept of operant conditioning
(examples: writing a paper for class; brushing
your teeth; spending time with friends). How
satisfying is this explanation? Can you
think of some behaviors that are not well explained
by behaviorism?
