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Use of Animal Models in Behaviorism
A core methodology in behaviorist research is conducting experiments on animals, based on the premise that the fundamental principles of learning discovered in animals can be generalized to human behavior. This approach assumes that many complex psychological processes can be understood by studying simpler organisms. Edward C. Tolman, a behaviorist, articulated this view by stating, 'I believe that everything important in psychology (except … such matters as involve society and words) can be investigated in essence through the continued experimental and theoretical analysis of the determiners of rat behavior at a choice-point in a maze.'
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A researcher, adhering to a psychological perspective that studies only observable stimulus-response behaviors, conducts an experiment to see how quickly a rat learns to press a lever to receive a food pellet. For the results of this experiment to be considered relevant to human learning, what is the most critical underlying assumption the researcher must make?