Behaviourist Approach Flashcards
What is the behaviour approach
Behaviour learned from experience
No genetic influence, clean slate
What is classical conditioning
Learning by association
Association between stimulus and reflex response
What did Pavlovs research do?
Taught dogs to associate bell with food
Describe pavlovs experiment
Food - UCS — salivate (reflex)
Bell - NS. —no response
Food——Salivate
Bell —-
Salivate (CS) Bell ( CS) ------
What is stimulus generation
When stimulus becomes generalised to other related stimuli
Albert scared of other fluffy animals
What is stimulus discrimination
When stimulus is not associated with cOnditioned response
Little Albert wouldn’t cry of dog cos too different
Who was little Albert study researched by
Watson and rayner 1920
What was the aim of little Albert study
Provide evidence that human emotional response could be learnt through classical conditioning
What were the findings of little Albert
Albert would cry and roll over when he saw the rat after conditioning
He developed fear towards white rats
He displayed fear to other similar animals
What is operant conditions
Learning by consequence
Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
What research is for operant conditioning
Skinner and rat
What was the punishment in skinners study
Metal floor that electrocuted
What was the positive reinforcement
Pellet
What was the continuous reinforcement in skinner
Rat pressing lever to get pellet
What was the negative reinforcement
Avoidance of electrocution
