developmental psychology Flashcards
what is behaviour due to
behaviour is determined by our experiences and as we experience new cognitive, behavioural and environmental influences we build them into our behaviour
behaviour develops over a lifetime
what are cognitive influences of behaviour
how does our senses of whats right and wrong develop over time
what are behavioural influences on behaviour
experiencing punishment or reinforcement after behaving a certain way can encourage or discourage the child to repeat the behaviour
what are environmental influences on a childs behaviour
people we spend time with and role models of behaviour
what is the methodology of the developmental area
researchers are interested in how behaviour is affected by experiences
methods used are brain scans , observations and experiments
what does the behaviourist perspective say behaviour is due to
humans are born with no information on how to behave and so behaviour is shaped by interactions with the environment and others
what types of behaviour are of interest to behavioural psychologists
only observable behaviours
how is dated collected in the behaviourist area
observations and experiments
what is operant conditioning
learning through association
what is classical conditioning
learning through punishment and rewards
what is social learning theory
learning through watching or imitation of role models
what are the 4 proceses needed for social learning
attention- noticing behaviour
retention- remembering the behaviour
reproduction-copying behaviours we are capable of
motivation-have to be motivated to reproduce a behaviour
what was the aim of banduras study
to demonstrate that learning can occur through observation of role model and that imitation of the learned behaviour can occur without the role model present
what were the hypothesis of banduras study
children in the agressive condition will carry out more agression that other condition
non agressive condition will carry out less acts of aggression
boys will imitate more agressive behaviour
children will imitate more agression with same sex model
what was classed at imitative in banduras study
hitting doll with mallet
what was classed as non imitative in banduras study
shooting doll with dart gun
what are conclusions from bandura study
characteristics of role models effect imitation
external influences like who we view as role models can affect behaviour
What was the funhaler
a device for administering asthma medication that incorporates toys to act as positive reinforcement
How many children were successful at medicating with funhaler
73 vs 10 with normal
What was the sample from chaneys study
32 children from randomly recruited clinics in Perth
Age1.5 to 6
What was the aim of chaneys study
to investigate whether operant conditioning and positive reinforcement can be used to improve adherance to medication in Young asthmatics
how many children successfully had 4 breath cycle
80 vs 50 before
how many children were medicated day before
81 vs 59 with standard inhaler
