This is probably why they believed that man is responsible for his own actions, and that only he could solve his own problems. (Lecture 12: The Existentialist Frame of Mind) However, it must be stated that existentialism was the climax of almost two centuries of European thought, drawn into one single structure, and it drew on a large number of already evolved earlier ideas and concepts
(Lecture, Behaviorism) However, one problem certainly stems from the Neo-behaviorism, and it is that at times, observed events become confused with the verbal constructions or sentences that are generally used to describe those events, and one perfect example of this fact is the interpretation of 'causality' as offered by behaviorists, wherein causal powers are often implied, even though it may be known that they may not be included in the main events themselves. (Leigland, 1998) The principles and views of existentialism and neo-behaviorism are quite different
One of the major themes of John Watson's writings on behaviorism was the strain now known as methodological behaviorism, which is essentially a commentary on the science of psychology itself. Believing things like mood and mental states to be individual and thus ultimately unknowable and non-empirical, methodological behaviorists are quite strict in observing only external and thus objectively measurable data in drawing their conclusions (Graham 2010)
Psychological behaviorism is not at all mutually exclusive of methodological behaviorism, and Watson as well as the more well-known Ivan Pavlov could both said to be of this school of though, which focuses on learning histories and conditioning as primary influences of psychology and behavior (Graham 2010). Pavlov had his famous experiment (or coincidental discovery) with dogs in which the subjects became used to a bell ringing when their meal was being served, and would salivate at the ringing of the bell even without the presence of food (Mills 1998)
In one emerging view of behaviorism, the concept of a teleological view is increasing important, and a root level of behavioral explanation is sought with all other more complex behaviors and patterns behavior seen as evolutions of this root or basic behavioral explanation (Rachlin 2010). This view has been applied not only to general psychological theory and explanations but also to fairly specific constructs of social interaction and conflict, thus attempting to do something somewhat akin to Skinner in theorizing that there is a "key" to understanding human behavior that could, once discovered and properly utilized, lead to the creation of a more utopic society based on a near-total understanding of how behavior and thus psychology is created and influenced (Rachin 2010)
However, those that persist into adulthood rarely go away without treatment." (Gersley, p
Hickey (2009) indicates that these root causes are often of a traumatic nature and that subjects tend to engage in "persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness." (Hickey, p
He pointed out that although natural selection was necessary for the survival of the species, operant conditioning was necessary for an individual to learn." (Naik, p
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