Behaviourist Spproach Flashcards
1
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What are the three assumption?
A
- Psychology should study observable behaviour only as it is based on empirical evidence.
- Most behaviour is learned through experience as we interact with our environment.
- we can use animal research to reach conclusions about human behaviour.Because animals and humans share the same learning mechanisms.
2
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Classical conditioning
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Something neutral becomes associated with something that already makes you feel a certain way.
3
Q
What are things that we perceive in the environment called?
A
Stimuli
4
Q
What is the response that we get from an unconditioned stimulus?
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Unconditioned response
5
Q
Operant conditioning
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Where a person learns to associate their action with an outcome.
6
Q
What is reinforcement?
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When operant conditioning makes someone more likely to repeat a behaviour.
7
Q
Positive reinforcement
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When your actions are reinforced by reviving a rewards
8
Q
Negative reinforcement
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When your actions are reinforced by taking away something negative.
9
Q
Punishment
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When a negative outcome makes you less likely to repeat a behaviour.
