Learning approach - Behaviourism

Question 1

stimulus

Answer 1

any change in the environment that an organsim notices

Question 2

response

Answer 2

any behaviour an organism produces as a consequence of a stimulus

Question 3

reflex

Answer 3

a consistent, enlearned connection between a stimulus and a response

Question 4

2 assumptions of the behaviourist approach

Answer 4

1. we are all born as a blank slate and all human behaviour is learned from the environment
2. we learn through conditioning, by operant conditioning or classical conditioning

Question 5

extinction

Answer 5

classical conditioning doesn’t happen forever > over time, responce to NS (CS) alone stops

Question 6

premise of OC

Answer 6

repetition leads to reinforcement (learning by reinforcement)

Question 7

positive reinforcement

Answer 7

receive a reward when a certain behaviour is preformed, increasing likelihood behaviour is repeated

Question 8

negative reinforcement

Answer 8

successfully avoiding an unpleasant consequence increases the likelihood behaviour is repeated

Question 9

positive punishment

Answer 9

receiving an unpleasant consequence decreases the likelihood a behaviour is repeated

Question 10

negative punishment

Answer 10

removing something pleasant acts as an unpleasant consequence, decreasing the likelihood that a behaviour is repeated