behaviourist perspective

Question 1

principle

Answer 1

all people are born tabula rasa (blank slates) - al behaviours are learned from the environment

Question 2

concepts

Answer 2

. classical conditioning
. operant conditioning
. social learning theory

Question 3

classical conditioning
- learning by association

Answer 3

. Pavlov noticed dogs would salivate
every time they saw food
. ring bell every time give them food
. did this over and over again so that
dogs associated the sound to the
presentation of food
. the dogs would salivate at the
sound of the bell even when food
wasn’t prepared

Question 4

operant conditioning
- learning from consequences of our
behaviour

Answer 4

> positive reinforcement
= when a behaviour is encouraged
by a reward being ADDED - stickers
negative reinforcement
= when a behaviour is encourage
by the REMOVAL of an unpleasant
stimulant - wearing sun cream
positive punishment
= negative effect is ADDED to
reduce likelihood of the behaviour
being repeated - naughty step
negative punishment
= something desirable is TAKEN
away in order to prevent the
behaviour from being repeated -
no TV

Question 5

social learning theory
- observing a role model such as your parents, siblings, a celeb, etc and imitating their behaviour

Answer 5

can be used to explain a persons fear of spiders
. may be imitating the behaviour of
. child observing their parent (role
model) being scared of spiders and
will imitate this response