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#Exam 2- Learning Approach Flashcards

evaluation

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What is the summary of classical conditioning

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If a behaviour is repeated so many times it becomes learnt. It’s why we expect a response from certain stimulus.

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What is a UCS

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Smell of food ( something that produces a response naturally )

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What is the UCR

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Natural reflex to the UCS- salivation at the smell of food

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What is a CS

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A learnt response

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What is the CR

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When a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus

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What is extinction

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When the CR disappears

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What is spontaneous recovery

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When CR returns in a weakened form

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Difference between discrimination and generalisation

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Discrimination is when it only occurs for that specific item, where’s generalisation is when the response is for all similar items

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What supports classical conditioning

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Pavlov and his study on dogs

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Difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning

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Classical conditioning focuses upon the idea that if a behaviour is repeated so many times it becomes learnt however operant is the idea that we learn behaviour if it was reinforced

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Positive and negative reinforcement are part of which theory

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Operant conditioning

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What theory does SLT work alongside

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Conditioning

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Summary of SLT

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Behaviour is learned through the observation of role models

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What are attention, retention and reproduction

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Attention- paying attention to a behaviour
Retention-remembering that behaviour
Reproduction- the reproduction of the behaviour

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What is vicarious reinforcement

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When a person is rewarded for hard work ( positive reinforcement)

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How can systematic desensitisation help overcome fears

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Aims to replace undesirable fear by replacing it with desirable one such as relaxation

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How does flooding work

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Having to face your fear head on

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How does classical conditioning explain phobias

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anxiety provoking UCS is associated with a once neutral stimulus

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How does operant conditioning explain phobias

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Phobias become worse when repeatedly reinforcing the avoidance of a mildly fearful thing

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How can social learning theory explain phobias

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We learn phobias through vicarious reinforcement, we observe that fear from a role model, remember it and then repeat that behaviour

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Difference between the three Bandura studies

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1961- violence witnessed in real life
1963- the violence shown was from a film
1965- see if reward or punishment at the end of violence effected levels of aggression

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What is the classic study in learning psychology

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Watson and Raynor- see if a 9 month old boy could be conditioned into having a phobia of a white rat.

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What was the aim of Becker’s study and how many took part

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To investigate how prolonged exposure of TV affected eating behaviours of 63 Fijian girls

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Why is anorexia an issue

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Affects 1/200 adolescents
85% of young women worry about their looks
Affects 1% of 15-18 year old girls

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How does operant conditioning explain anorexia

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Positive reinforcement for being thin or negative for being fat

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How does social learning theory explain anorexia

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People imitate their role models

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What is the psychodynamic explanation of anorexia

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Women do it as a regression to child ( prevent growing older )

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Aim of the learning psychology practical

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Conduct an observation into males and females behaviour on public transport covert ppt observation

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What were the results of our practicals

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2.44 on chi squared analysis, lower then CV of 3.84. This means the results suggest it’s over 5% due to chance factors not gender

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evaluation of operant and classical conditioning

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s- thorndike and skinner (positve effects from behaviour means it is repeated)
c-classical conditioning and pavlovs dogs- biological theories
o-ignores biological explanation for behaviour
u- reductionist, however explains why we shouldn’t expose children to violence
t-scientifically controlled experiments

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evaluation of social learning theory

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s- williams et al- 80% of programmes watched by high amounts of people- encourages asbo
c-charlton et al found media and environmental factors also to blame
o-depends on motivation also there is a biological explanation
u-shows why we shouldn’t show children violence
t- standardized procedure

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strengths of systematic desensitisation

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ethical
active involvement
clear rationale
can be done at a distance 
wills and edwards- SD is more effective
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what are the weaknesses of systematic desensitisation

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can’t do it for fears of flying
only useful for certain phobias like spiders
not as useful for evolutionary phobias

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what are the strengths of flooding

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very quick way of curing a phobia

wolpe- car phobic girl shows flooding to be more effective in general

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what are the weaknesses of flooding

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might increase phobia ie Barlett had parctical implosion and got to point where she couldn’t not see spiders

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what was procedure for bandura 1961

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72 ppts matched pairs
each child either saw, aggressive or non aggressive or control
watched modelled aggression to bobo doll and see if they would repeat.

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results/conclusions of bandura 1961

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children who witnessed aggression more aggresisve, opposite for control and non aggressive. boys imitate same sex more
not all behaviour learned from reinforcement

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procedure of bandura 1963

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96 children

same apart from control was replced with a woman dressed as cat while follwing a script with a bobo doll

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results of bandura 1963

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no difference between live action and cartoon, control group carried out half aggression
children showed more aggression

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evaluation of both the 1961 and 1963 Bandura

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G-not generalisable to adults but can be generalised to both genders
R- reliable as it has standardized procedure
A- stops children looking at violent content
v- high IV low EV ( higher in 63 as done at home)
E- consent ?

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What was the procedure of bandura 1965

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33m 33 f
Children watch short movie before going in room with bobo doll
At end of movie either reward or punished or neither

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What were the results and conclusion of bandura 1965

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Repeated if behaviour rewarded
Boys imitated more
Younger children copy physical aggression
Vicarious reinforcement does increase imitation of aggressive behaviour

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Evaluate bandura 1965

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S-rideout and Williams et al
Generalisable 
Links to social learning theory 
Applicake to pegi 
Standardised procedure
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What were the results and conclusions of little Albert

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Proves phobia could be conditioned
NS associated with unconditioned stimulus ( loud bang ). Caused fear of white rat
Conclusion- children can have fears conditioned into them. Similar things could also gain a fear

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Strengths and weaknesses of little Albert

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G- one young boy not generalisable 
R-controlled experiment 
A-applied to see how people get phobias 
V- high internal validity and low ecological validity
E-poor ethics CDCDWP
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Becker’s procedure

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Naturalistic experiment tracking changes which have occurred over time
63 adolescent girls 3 weeks and then 3 years after
Eat 26 survey on attitudes towards eating

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Results of Becker

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Respondents with TV 3 times more likely to have eat 26 score greater then 20
Self induced vomiting went from 0% 1993 to 11.3% In 1995
40% thought loosing weight was better careers

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What was Becker’s conclusion.

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Impact of TVS profound
Cultural traditions were against purging which changed when TV introduced
Ideal body weight changed

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Strengths of Becker

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Studies such as Hamilton and Waller
High ecological validity as it takes places in natural environment
Large sample size
Applicable as it shows how TV can impact eating behaviours

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Weaknesses of Becker

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Gynocentric- only females
Not an ethical diagnosis made on participants
Consumerism effects - EV- lower internal validity

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What is the alternative biological explanation of anorexia

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Holland et al - high concordance rates between MZ twins 55% and DZ twins 7%

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What is the psychodynamic explanation of anorexia

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Regression to childhood shown by women to prevent growing older

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What is the hypothesis from our learning psychology practical

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Males will show more polite behaviours than females on public transport to and from college

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What is the aim of our practical

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To conduct an observation into males and females behaviour on public transport comparing good manners against bad. Using covert ppt participation

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What was the procedure to your learning practical

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Sample 400 ppts
Created coding scheme such as moving back, thank you to driver, giving up seat
Bad manners, pushing and making noise
Pilot study where behaviour was noted down

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Results of learning psychology practical

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Observed 162 males and 147 females. 35 males has bad manners whereas 47 females did. Over 5% due to chance factors under critical value of 3.84
No correlation between gender and good manners

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Strengths of learning psychology practical

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Standardised coding system, creates reliability for study
High EV
Gathered both Ql and Qn data

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Weaknesses of learning psychology practical

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Opportunity sample not generalisable to country
Un ethical- not informed
May have missed behaviour

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