Essays on Behaviorism

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long- range risks of comfortable inaction,” (John F. Kennedy). In an effort to improve productivity and subsequently operating income or revenue, knowing how a cost responds to a change in the…

The term that explains Maria’s attributing James’ lateness is the fundamental attribution error. This error is defined as the tendency to explain our own and other people’s behavior entirely in terms of personality traits. Thus, though James was not late due to his innate laziness…

For me, I feel like the behavioral theory that children will naturally learn from their environments and how the environment is very important in personality development makes a lot of sense. I feel like this is what we commonly refer to as “common sense” or…

Behaviorism is an approach of psychology that we are shaped by our experiences and our environment (Moore-Josephs, 2017). Behaviorists believe that personality is nothing more than the sum total of an individual’s response repertoire (Nevid & Rathus, 2016). A response repertoire is the range of…

When we consider habits, we usually think of an activity that is repeated by us and the psychology of habit would tell us why we repeat our activities and develop habits as we grow up. Habits are thus repeated patterns of behavior and activities that…

Learning occurs through a process that results in a long-term change in knowledge or behaviour, resulting from experience and interaction with the immediate environment. This has been concluded through research and experimentation by various theorists trying to understand what it is that leads to this…

In the psychoanalytic perspective, Sigmund Freud believed that the role of unconscious mind, importance of early experiences and the structure of mind contributes the explanation to one’s behaviour. In this case, the three areas will be used to rationale Marilyn’s phobia of darkness. Role of…

Behavioral ecology is essential for observing the evolution of primate behavior: it reinforces that each behavior is a flexible strategy towards maximizing their survival and reproduction in their environment. Studying these strategies gives us the privilege of understanding why non-human primates behave the way they…