behaviourist approach ao1 Flashcards
Who theorised behaviourist approach
Watson
Why did behaviourist approach come about
Due to critsicms of Wilhelm Wundt
Introspection to vauge and subjective
basic assumptions of behaviourist approach
everyone born as blank slate whereby mind is black box learning behaviours from environment an experiences
only interested in what is observable and measurable
importance of control and objectivity using lab studies
humans and animals act the same so used animal expiriments
who theriosed classical coditioning and what is it
ivan pavlov
learning through assocation
unconditional stim (US)def
things around us that always make us react eg loud bang
what does US lead to
Unconditional response (UR)
if US and neutral stim paired over time….
neutral stim –> conditioned stim prod conditioned response
pavolvs study is called
pavolvs dog
2 ways of learning
classical and operant conditioning
what is US + UR in study
food
makes dog automatically salivate
what did pavolv then do
he gave dog food whilst ringing bell
what kind of stim was bell
neutral stim
prod no (neutral response)
what did pavolv do next and what did this lead to
he paired both neutral (bell) with uncondiotionesd (food) overtime
this lead to dog automatically salivating @ sound of bell w no food
what has neutral stim bell now become and what response
conditioned stim
prod condidtioned res of salivation
what other study tested classical cond and who conducted it
little albert study
watson and raynor
