An example of insight learning is that of an experiment performed by psychologist Wolfgang Kohler. Kohler presented a Chimpanzee with a problem by placing a banana just outside of its cage close enough for the Chimp to clearly see, yet too far away for it to reach. ...
The new science of behaviorism was highly influenced by its antecedents, namely, animal psychology and functionalism. Watson, the founder of behaviorism, adapted many of the original ideas of animal psychologist as well as functionalists into the basic ideas of the new science. Therefore, these ideas were not entirely new; rather they had been developing within the field of psychology for years. "Like all founders, Watson organized and promoted ideas that already were acceptable to the intellectual Zeitgeist" (Schultz, 2002, p. 247). Objectivism, mechanism, and positivism also influenced the ...
Without intelligence, this paper would not be written or read. An uninspiring false assumption in pop culture tells us that intelligence can simply be reduced to recalling of facts or high academic performance. Accumulating knowledge alone means nothing, at least in terms of intelligence. Although t...
