Experimental analysis of individual differences and personality

In psychological studies individual differences that result in variability in data and thus mask the effects under investigation have been reduced or eliminated in two ways: (1) through the use of large numbers of subjects and statistical manipulations, or (2) through extensive and controlled studies of individual subjects. The latter, behavior-analytic, method is scientifically better because it permits identification of the variables that result in individual differences. This paper advocates the direct study of individual differences and personality rather than indirect study through experimental control procedures. Some data are presented showing that individual differences in response patterns have orderly characteristics. Extension of the experimental analysis of behavior to the study of individual differences and personality is likely to be important both scientifically and for the future growth of behavior analysis.     

幼儿不同情绪状态对其智力操作的影响

本实验结果显示:1)在16至18个月的婴儿中,愉快和痛苦情绪对其问题解决的操作有不同的影响。愉快组被试比痛苦组被试的操作效果明显优越;体现在“直接抓取”、“注视”和“顺利获得”三种操作策略中。2)愉快和痛苦两种情绪的不同强度与操作效果之间的相关是不同的。愉快组显示为一种曲线相关,即过高或过低的情绪唤醒不如适中的唤醒水平使操作效果达到最优。痛苦组显示为一种直线相关,即痛苦强度越大,操作效果越差。     

A yoked-chamber comparison of concurrent and multiple schedules

Pigeons were exposed to alternative pairs of variable-interval schedules correlated with red and green lights on one key (the food key). In one experimental chamber, responses on a white key (the changeover key) changed the color of the food key and initiated a 2-sec changeover delay. Pigeons in a second chamber obtained food by pecking on a colored key whenever the pigeons in the first (concurrent) chamber had obtained food for a peck on that key color. There was no changeover key in the second (multiple) chamber: changeover responses in the first chamber alternated the schedules and colors in both chambers. The pigeons in both chambers emitted the same proportion of responses on each of the variable-interval schedules, and mastered discrimination reversals at the same rate. The pigeons differed only in their absolute response rates, which were greater under the concurrent schedules. In a second experiment, changes in key color occurred automatically, with different proportions of time allocated to the two variable-interval schedules. Matching of relative response frequency to relative reinforcement frequency was affected by the relative amounts of time in each component, by rate of changeovers, and by manipulations of the variable-interval scheduling.     

Development of social responses in two severely retarded children

The effect of reinforcement dependent on the social responses of two severely retarded withdrawn children was investigated. During 30 training sessions (30 min each) food and praise were administered dependent upon the children's mutual participation in a ball-rolling and block-passing task. Both children showed a progressive increase in social interaction in a non-training situation during this reinforcement period. After the reinforcement procedures were removed, social behavior decreased markedly. Response generalization to children not involved in training occurred.     

艺术审美尺度的超验问题质疑 H—G 卡达穆尔《真实性和方法·哲学诠释学纲要》——第一部分:对于艺术经验的真实性问题的阐述

卡达穆尔的《真实性和方法》一书是用以论证一种“哲学诠释学”的,它的第一部分在方法论上是其他一切部分的基础,涉及审美尺度的超验问题,并在这个基础上设想出一种艺术作品的本体论。如果我们要对这部广博的、内容丰富的著作加以批判,我们首先就必须讨论它的第一部分。     

评恰托帕驮耶《顺世学派。古代印度唯物主义研究》

近来在印度学家中间,从马克思主义立场来深入研究印度哲学的历史开始获得愈来愈大的威望。虽然在这一方面马克思主义者刚刚走上开始的阶段,他们却巳写出了一系列印度哲学史的重要著作,其中包括Д.П.恰托帕驮耶的这本著作。还在1956年,该书首次以印地文出版;但是对本书的兴趣如此之大,以致于1959年出版了它的英译本,1961年出版了从英译本转译的俄译本。恰托帕驮耶的这本书无疑是从马克思主义立场研究印度哲学某些根本问题的较有份量的著作之一。作者用了大量的实际材料,其中大部分以往从未进行过科学的整理。该书不仅探讨了古代     

关于作为自在目的的人的概念

“那末,我说,人以及一般说来每个有理性者都是作为目的存在着,而绝不能仅仅被当作手段。”这是康德的一个足以自豪的诊断。如果康德没有从这个情绪上有利的地位倒退到用一种非常令人不满的推论去代替证明,那末我们由于对这个论断的崇高意义怀有某种模糊的感情,可能会倾向于对它表示同情。康德写道:“人以及一切有理性者是自在目的这个原理,不是靠我的观察或者经验     

现代英语哲学介绍

逻辑实证主义《逻辑实证主义》一书收集了M.石里克、R.卡尔纳普、O.纽赖特、F.魏斯曼、H.汉恩、F.D.朗塞、C.G.汉贝尔、B.罗素、A.J.艾耶尔、C.L.司蒂文逊和G.莱尔等的文章。这些文章最早是在1924年(如罗素的文章)发表的,晚止于1946年(如莱尔的文章)。在今天都不是容易看到的了。它们之合成为一个单行本,正像艾耶尔宣称的,特别可以证明逻辑实证主义并没有构成一个学派,并且也说明了那些散居在各地而又往往互相对立的思想家们的某些立场的类似倾向。     

关于作为认识形式的经验

在马克思主义认识论中,感性的经验或感性经验这一概念是作为认识的第一阶段的标志使用的。但是,以感觉、知觉、表象为形态所引出的对物质现实性的具体直观的映象的感性经验,还没有表达出人类经验的全部和实质。如果谈到共产党和工人党在为了民主和社会主义反对剥削和压迫、反对帝国主义和战争的革命斗争过程中所取得的经验时,这就非常清楚了。显然这里所指的不单是感性经验形态的经验,而是从革命实践中所取得的、具有判断性质的概括形式的认识。如果人们进一步观察在社会主义社会中具有多种多样形式并且是社会主义生产关系的一种表现的经验交流时,那就可证明,感性     

自由与权威

在中世纪对权威的反抗以后,19世纪的欧洲,每个人所获得的自由已达到了全部历史进程中前所未有的程度。可是,结果却似乎是,许多人并不知道如何去对待他们所赢得的自由。这仍然是正当的自由吗?在欧洲的许多地区,人们显然是失去了对代价巨大的珍贵的自由之真正的了解;并且,也忘记了他们的先辈为了获得自由所付出的巨大代价。自由堕落成任意行动。因此,其结果,反抗权威的斗争问题就被承认真正的有效的权威问题所代替了。可是,恢复失去了的权威就像装置舞台布景一样的不自然。没有一个人相信它。因而发生了巨大的骚乱。在某些欧洲国家中,一些个人和政党大出风头,他们以建立集权主义的权力来代替了流行的无政府主义。他们破坏了这种布景,把暴力统治作为他