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The molecular view relies on momentary events and momentary causation, which leads to postulating hypothetical momentary events and causes when none are apparent, whereas the molar view relies on extended activities and extended causation, avoiding postulation of hypothetical constructs.
- APA Dictionary of Psychology
adj. characterized by or pertaining to units, masses, and...
- APA Dictionary of Psychology
10 cze 2019 · The molar view of behavior is presented as a new scientific paradigm in behavior analysis. Paradigm shifts are, in fact, profound. I examine the “level of profundity” of some implications of Baum’s molar view of behavior.
Folk psychology, cognitive psychology, and physiological psychology focus on immediate causes of behavior (e.g., thoughts, information processing, and neurotransmitters). Behavior analysis, like evolutionary biology, finds explanations in the past, in a history of selection.
19 kwi 2018 · adj. characterized by or pertaining to units, masses, and systems in their entirety. Molar analysis (also called global analysis) in psychology is a way of examining behavioral processes as holistic units, extended through time.
30 cze 2004 · The molar and molecular views of behavior are not different theories or levels of analysis; they are different paradigms. The molecular paradigm views behavior as composed of discrete units (responses) occurring at moments in time and strung together in chains to make up complex performances.
30 cze 2004 · The molar view stems from a conviction that behavior is continuous, as argued by John Dewey, Gestalt psychologists, Karl Lashley, and others. The molar paradigm views behavior as inherently extended in time and composed of activities that have integrated parts.
Abstract. Tolman's introduction of the terms molar and molecular was perhaps the last step in establishing the legitimacy of the psychological as opposed to the physiological-reductionist approach to behavior.
