core studies - behaviourism

Question 1

assumptions of this area

Answer 1

all behaviour is learned from the environment, and the situation is more important than the individual.

Question 2

basic principle of classical conditioning

Answer 2

we learn through association, stimulus and response

Question 3

basic principle of operant conditioning

Answer 3

we learn through reinforcement, rewards and punishment

Question 4

basic principles of the social learning theory

Answer 4

states that children develop through learning from other people around them

Question 5

examples of role models for children

Answer 5

parents, teachers, siblings, celebrities

Question 6

strengths of the social learning theory

Answer 6

useful application to change behaviours of children, measurable an observable behaviour - less demand characteristics

Question 7

weaknesses of the social learning theory

Answer 7

reductionist - ignores other explanations of behaviour. sometimes only changes behaviour for a short period of time

Question 8

who is Ivan Pavlov

Answer 8

a famous Russian psychologists who developed the theory of classical conditioning

Question 9

what did Ivan Pavlov do

Answer 9

he demonstrated salvation in dogs, through series of experiments where he put sounds of a bell with the presentation of food. the dogs then associated the bell with food and would salivate to the sound of the bell, even if there was no food.