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with rats or pigeons. Explain the source of this divide regarding the value of studying other organisms. What goals do the different schools have, and what assumptions do they appear to make? How does working (or not working) with rats and pigeons make sense given the philosophies of each school?

with rats or pigeons. Explain the source of this divide regarding the value of studying other organisms. What goals do the different schools have, and what assumptions do they appear to make? How does working (or not working) with rats and pigeons make sense given the philosophies of each school?

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
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Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
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Behaviouristic psychologists, especially between the 1920's and 1970's, spent a lot of time running rats through mazes and having pigeons peck at lights. This passion for work in other species is shared by modern biological psychologists (rats, snails, goldfish ...). However, neither humanistic psychologists nor their modern scientific incarnation, positive psychologists, would see much value in work with rats or pigeons. Explain the source of this divide regarding the value of studying other organisms. What goals do the different schools have, and what assumptions do they appear to make? How does working (or not working) with rats and pigeons make sense given the philosophies of each school?
Transcribed Image Text:Behaviouristic psychologists, especially between the 1920's and 1970's, spent a lot of time running rats through mazes and having pigeons peck at lights. This passion for work in other species is shared by modern biological psychologists (rats, snails, goldfish ...). However, neither humanistic psychologists nor their modern scientific incarnation, positive psychologists, would see much value in work with rats or pigeons. Explain the source of this divide regarding the value of studying other organisms. What goals do the different schools have, and what assumptions do they appear to make? How does working (or not working) with rats and pigeons make sense given the philosophies of each school?
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