APPROACHES Flashcards
Describe Pavlovs research into classical conditioning
Extinction
If an association between the UCS (food) and CS (bell) is not repeated it will decay
Spontaneous recovery
Previously extinct associations only take a few pairings of UCS (food) and CS (bell) to come back again
Explain Bandura’s research (1961)
AIM - to investigate modelling behaviour and if children would show more aggressive behaviour is exposures to an aggressive role model and less aggressive if exposed to a non aggressive role model and to also see if children were more likely to imitate a same sex role model
PROCEDURE:
- 72 children (36 boys, 36 girls) split into 3 groups
A - observed a non aggressive adult model in a room full of toys and ignored the bobo doll
B - observed an aggressive adult model in a room full of toys, the model kicked and punched the bobo doll, and showed verbal aggression by shouting ‘pow ‘ and ‘hit him in the face’
C - control group who didn’t watch a model but played with the toys
- children were taken one at a time to the experimental room with the bobo doll and aggressive and non aggressive toys
- their behaviour was observed through a two way mirror and behaviour was recorded
- group A and B split into 2 and half watched same sex model and other have watched opposite sex model
FINDINGS:
- 70% in group A showed no aggression towards the bobo doll compared to a high level of aggression in group B
- both boys and girls imitated their same sex model more
Describe Maat et Al’s (2009) findings
Psychodynamic approach led to psychoanalysis:
Maat et al reviewed use of psychoanalysis (a talking therapy)
-> patients had a significant improvement in symptoms long term
