Cooper Heron And Heward Summary

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Cooper, Heron, & Heward (CHH), Chapter 1
1. According to the textbook Behavior Analysis is a “science of behavior,” because it adheres to the 6 principles of science.
a. The first principle is determinism, which means that all behavior is lawful. In addition, concludes that all phenomena are a result of other events that have occurred.
b. Following determinism, is empiricism, which means that all observations are objective, rather than subjective and do not include personal biases.
c. Next is experimentation, that can be defined as every experiment needing to have a dependent variable and an independent variable, which in turn affects the dependent variable. Not only are there the independent/dependent variable, but there is, also, a controlled …show more content…

Parsimony means to create the straightforward and concise commentary and information, because in return, it will be reviewed first and be accepted before something that is convoluted and intricate.
f. Lastly, philosophic doubt requires experimenter or scientist to always question what has been produced and published. In addition to, investigating knowledge already rendered.
2. Watson being innovative came up with a two-part model, S-R. The ‘S’ being the stimuli within the environment. Whereas, the ‘R’ was the response from the stimuli. Skinner believed there were two types of behavior: respondent and operant. Skinner composed a new model, S-R-S, which added another phase onto Watson’s findings. The first ‘S’ represents the stimuli in the environment that causes the response (‘R’), due to the stimuli. The final ‘S’ is the “functional unit” (Cooper, Heron & Heward, 2006, p. 10). Operant behavior is dependent on the consequences from past stimulus.
3. Methodological behaviorism excludes behavioral events that do not happen in the public realm and is not consider in science. Whereas, radical behaviorism, includes all events that occur into the realm, incorporating behavioral events that happen privately into the realm of

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