behaviourist approach- assumptions Flashcards
what are the 3 assumptions of the behaviorist approach
blank slate, conditioning and animals and humans behavior is the same
blank slate is also known as…
Tabula rasa
environmental determisnism
our behavioure is determined by the environment we
how is the blank slate on the nurture side of the nature nurture debate
our behavior is determined by factors which are external to the individual
what does the nurture side of the debate for the blank slate assumption ignore
physiological, biological and evolutionary factors
what doesn’t drive our behavior according to the blank slate
internal events such as our thoughts and emotions
example of blank slate
little Albert
what are the two types of conditioning
classical and opernant
classical conditioning
- associations between a new stimuli and the response
what it the process of classical conditioning known as
stimuli response unit
opernant conditioning
- learnt behaviors through positive/negative reinforcement
- Every time an individual operates on the environment they will either have a negative/ positive experience
- increase/decrease the chances of the behavior occurring again
- rewards/punishment
example of conditioning
pavlovs dogs
- when the bell rang, they started to produce saliva as they associated the bell with food.
humans and animals learn in similar ways
the laws of learning are the same for both humans and non- humans
only difference in animals and humans
quantative and regards structure such as brain size
what has the principles of pavlovs dogs helped with
treat people with their issues such as with phobias
example of how principles of pavlovs dogs helped people
systematic differentiation where people learn to associate their phobias with feelings of relaxation rather than anxiety
example of human and animals learn in similar ways
Lorenzo- geese follow he first moving thing that they see which can be applied to a mother child relationship.
why is human and animals learning in similar ways beneficial
the results we get from a laboratory experiment conducted on animals can be generalized for humans
