How is behaviorist psychology related to linguistics? 行为主义心理学与语言学有何关系?
Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have been developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from one another, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory. The controversy is often referred to as nature/nurture .
Those who support the "nature" side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior. patter, ns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics, and behavior. is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behavior. is predetermined to such a degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts.
Proponents of the "nurture" theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists claimed that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. A behaviorist, B.F. Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior. is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. The behaviorists' view of the human being is quite mechanistic; they maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli as the basis of the behavior.
Neither of these theories can yet fully explain human behavior. In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior. lies somewhere between these two extremes. That the controversy will continue for a long time is certain.
According to the passage, people have wondered for a long time
A. why one is different from another
B. how one has certain personalities and behaviors
C. why one is more intelligent than another
D. why one is cooperative and another is competitive
Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have been developed.As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from one another, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory. The controversy is often referred to as nature/nurture .
Those who support the "nature" side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior. patter, ns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics, and behavior. is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behavior. is predetermined to such a degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts.
Proponents of the "nurture" theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists claimed that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. A behaviorist, B.F. Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior. is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. The behaviorists' view of the human being is quite mechanistic; they maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli as the basis of the behavior.
Neither of these theories can yet fully explain human behavior. In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior. lies somewhere between these two extremes. That the controversy will continue for a long time is certain.
According to the passage, people have wondered for a long time
A.why one is different from another
B.how one has certain personalities and behaviors
C.why one is more intelligent than another
D.why one is cooperative and another is competitive
How Personalities and Behaviors are Formed?
1. People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and .behaviors are formeD.It is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.
2. Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developeD.As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from each other. The controversy is often conveniently referred to as "nature vs. nurture".
3. Those who support the nature side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior. patterns are largely determined by biological (生理学的) factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics and behavior. is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behavior. is pre- determined to such a great degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts.
4. Those who support the "nurture" theory, that is, they advocate education, are often called behaviorists. They claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. A behaviorist, B. F. Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior. is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. The behaviorists maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli (刺激) as the basis of their behavior.
5. Let us examine the different explanations about one human characteristic, intelligence, offered by the two theories. Supporters of the "nature" theory insist that we are born with a certain capacity for learning that is biologically determineD.Needless to say, they don't believe that factors in the environment have much influence on what is basically a predetermined characteristiC.On the other hand, behaviorists argue that our intelligence levels ate the product of our experience. Behaviorists suggest that the child who is raised in an environment where there are many stimuli which develop his or her capacity for appropriate responses experience greater intellectual development.
第 23 题 Paragraph 1__________
A.Environment is important
B.Two approaches are different from each other
C.How personalities and behaviors are formed
D.Our personalities and behavior. patterns are largely determined by biological factors
E.We want to explain the behaviors
F.The "nature" theory is better than the "nurture" theory
A.Contrastive analysis
B.Error analysis
C.Interlanguage
D.The behaviorist approach
A.realized... when
B.had realized... when
C.was realizing... then
D.would realize... as
此题为判断题(对,错)。
According to the speaker, what are the problems related to behaviorism?
A.The behaviorist school of psychology has done its studies under laboratory conditions.
B.Behaviorism uses the update methods.
C.Mathematical tables and statistics are not very useful.
D.All of the above.
______holds that language learning is simply a matter of imitation and habit formation.
A.The behaviorist view
B.The innatist view
C.The naming theory
D.The contextualism
How did Andy Reilly help Prima?
A.He designed their website.
B.He developed their business plan.
C.He restructured the company.
According to the speaker, what are the problems related to behaviorism?
A.The behaviorist school of psychology has done its studies under laboratory conditions.
B.Behaviorism uses the update methods.
C.Mathematical tables and statistics are not very useful.
D.All of the above.