Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

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The behaviorist solution

apple-88x50Stephen Hicks presents Behaviorism’s solution to the problems with the standard model of psychology. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course.

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Posted 1 year, 8 months ago at 2:32 pm.

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Black box methodology

apple-88x50Stephen Hicks discusses “Black Box” methodology and its use in Behaviorist psychological research. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course.

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On scientific observation

apple-88x50Stephen Hicks discusses scientific observation and its implications for the Behaviorist theory of psychology. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course.

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Two preconditions for a science of psychology

apple-88x50Stephen Hicks discusses two preconditions for a science of psychology. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course.

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20th-century psychology: Freud, Behaviorism, Cognitivism

apple-88x50Stephen Hicks discusses twentieth-century psychology, including Freud’s psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, and Cognitivism. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course.

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Behaviorist philosophy: Psychology and the progression of the sciences

apple-88x50Stephen Hicks discusses behaviorist psychology in the context of the progressive development of the sciences in the modern world. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course.

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The “problem child”

apple-88x50Stephen Hicks here discusses how different views of human nature lead to dramatically different approaches to dealing with “problem children” in class. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course.

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Posted 1 year, 9 months ago at 10:42 am.

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Cognition: theory and/or practice?

apple-88x50Stephen Hicks here discusses how different theories of human nature lead to different views of the relationship between cognition in theory and practice. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course.

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Posted 1 year, 9 months ago at 10:40 am.

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