behaviourist approach

Question 1

what are the 3 assumptions about the behaviourist approach

Answer 1

1-should only study observable behaviour
2-most behaviour is learned
3-we can use animal research to to reach conclusions about human behaviour

Question 2

why can we use animals to reach conclusions about human behaviour

Answer 2

because both humans and animals use the same learning mechanisms.

Question 3

what are the learning mechanisms

Answer 3

classical conditioning and operant conditioning

Question 4

what is classical conditioning

Answer 4

something neutral becomes associated with something that already makes you feel a certain way

Question 5

what is the response we get from an unconditioned stimulus

Answer 5

an unconditioned response

Question 6

what is the response we get from s conditioned stimulus

Answer 6

conditioned response

Question 7

what does a neutral stimulus cause

Answer 7

no response

Question 8

what is the key study of classical conditioning

Answer 8

pavlovs dogs