behaviourism Pavlov and skinner

Question 1

what is the behaviourist approache

Answer 1

we are born neutral, with no inherent personality.it is the environment which shapes who you are

Question 2

What is classical conditioning and who was it discovered by

Answer 2

learning by association and was discovered by Ivan Pavlov (1927)

Question 3

what is the first part of classical conditioning

Answer 3

before conditioning = an unconditional stimulus leads to a unconditional response

Question 4

what is the neutral stimulus

Answer 4

a stimulus that produces no response

Question 5

what happens to the neutral stimulus

Answer 5

It gets paired with an unconditioned stimulus and then an association with the unconditioned response is created

Question 6

What happens after conditioning

Answer 6

The neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus and will lead to its conditioned response (Same as unconditioned response)

Question 7

What is operate conditioning and who was the researcher

Answer 7

learning from the consequences of our behaviour
( skinner )

Question 8

what is a positive and negative reinforcement

Answer 8

positive reinforcement = is a reward as a positive consequence of the action (reward)
negative reinforcement = is removing something unpleasant as a positive consequence of an action ( avoidance

Question 9

what is a positive punishment and a negative punishment

Answer 9

Positive punishment = Adding an aversive consequence after an undesired behaviour to decrease future responses
negative punishment = Removing something when there is undesired behaviour