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Behaviorism is a systematic approach to understand the behavior of humans and other animals. [1] [2] It assumes that behavior is either a reflex elicited by the pairing of certain antecedent stimuli in the environment, or a consequence of that individual's history, including especially reinforcement and punishment contingencies, together with the individual's current motivational state and ...
Based on studies conducted over habituation's dual-process theory which attributed towards dishabituation, it is also determined that the latter was independent of any behavioral sensitization. [ 4 ] An example of dishabituation is the response of a receptionist in a scenario where a delivery truck arrives at 9:00AM every morning.
The effect of environment on behavior can be proximal, here-and-now, or distal, through memory and personality. [2] Thus, biology provides the mechanism, learning and environment provide the content of behavior and personality. Creative behavior is explained by novel combinations of behaviors elicited by new, complex environmental situations.
It has been suggested that these stimuli that lead to learned behavior can be described by behavioral science principles. [7] Reinforcement theory states that the consequences of behavior drives the behavior itself- positive behaviors are rewarded and negative behaviors are either ignored or punished. [8]
Applied behavior analysis is the discipline initiated by B. F. Skinner that applies the principles of conditioning to the modification of socially significant human behavior. It uses the basic concepts of conditioning theory, including conditioned stimulus (S C), discriminative stimulus (S d), response (R), and reinforcing stimulus (S rein or S ...
Behavioral momentum is a theory in quantitative analysis of behavior and is a behavioral metaphor based on physical momentum. It describes the general relation between resistance to change (persistence of behavior) and the rate of reinforcement obtained in a given situation.
A reinforcing stimulus usually denoted a stimulus delivered after the response has already occurred; in psychological experiments, it was often delivered on purpose to reinforce the behavior. Emotional stimuli were regarded as not eliciting a response; instead, they were thought to modify the strength or vigor with which a behavior is carried out.
A behavior is imitated depending on whether the model receives positive or negative response consequences. [5] Miller and Dollard argued that if one were motivated to learn a particular behavior, then that particular behavior would be learned through clear observations.