Skinner

[Paul Mackin]

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 17:31, Scott Badger wrote:
> Paul:
> > I thought Robert was allowing for variation in response from a given
> > stimulus. That's why I basically agreed with his statement.
> >
> > I can't even remember if I passed Pysch. 101.
> 
> Had to be a test subject, for the extra credit, to pass mine.....I thought
> Rob simply meant that (for a behaviourist) there is a causal relationship
> between stimulus and response - "variation" only so far as our understanding
> is limited. Usng your computer analogy, so long as all the ones and zeros at
> the bit/cellular level are known, the output/behavior could be predicted, by
> an all-knowing behaviourist.



At the behavioral level there are always variations. The same size drop
of acid on the dog's tongue may produce 5 cc of salivation in one test
animal and 10 cc in another.  So you take an average, use an elementary
statistics which even Pointsman could apply.


I was a test subject when a roommate was learning to administer that
funny test where you look at the pictures and tell what you see.

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> Scott
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