behaviourism

Question 1

what is behaviourism

Answer 1

the idea that the environment and conditioning effects language use

Question 2

who suggested it and when

Answer 2

skinner in 1957

Question 3

what did skinner believe

Answer 3

children imitate and copy adults. we are born a blank slate an all behaviour is acquired through conditioning

Question 4

what are the two types of reinforcement

Answer 4

positive and negative

Question 5

what is operant conditioning

Answer 5

when behaviour is altered via a reward or a stimuli

Question 6

what did skinner find within positive reinforcement

Answer 6

as a rat moved in a box it would hit a leaver dropping food. the rat learnt that the action of pressing the lever would cause the positive outcome of food

Question 7

what did skinner find within negative reinforcement

Answer 7

a rat experienced an electric current which caused it discomfort.as it knocked the lever it would stop the current. the rat learnt that knocking the lever would remove the negative consequence of the electric shock.

Question 8

positive reinforcement in relation to language

Answer 8

if the child imitates their parents successfully, they will receive praise which will positively reinforce the correct utterances

Question 9

negative reinforcement in relation to language

Answer 9

when using an incorrect utterance, they are met with no reward, encouraging them to use the correcty utterance