Learning Theories

Question 1

What is classical conditioning ?

Answer 1

Process of learning through association

Question 2

What is operant conditioning

Answer 2

Learning through consequence

Question 3

What is positive reinforcement

Answer 3

Desired behaviour is rewarded with something pleasant

Question 4

What is negative reinforcement

Answer 4

Something unpleasant is taken away for showing a desired behaviour

Question 5

What is positive punishment

Answer 5

Something undesired is given as punishment for bad behaviour

Question 6

What is negative punishment

Answer 6

Something pleasant is taken away for bad behaviour

Question 7

What does Social Learning Theory state?

Answer 7

That people and animals observe what others do and copy their behaviour

Question 8

4 stages of Social Learning Theory

Answer 8

Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation

Question 9

Who came up with Social Learning Theory

Answer 9

Bandura

Question 10

Aim of Banduras original bobo doll experiment

Answer 10

To see if children exposed to an aggressive model would later reproduce aggressive acts

Question 11

Total number of pps in banduras original study

Answer 11

72

Question 12

One results from banduras original study

Answer 12

1/3 of the children who observed the aggressive model immitated the models behaviour

Question 13

2 treatments of phobias

Answer 13

Systematic desensitisation

Flooding

Question 14

Learning theories key question

Answer 14

Is the influence of role models and celebrities somethjng that causes anorexia ?

Question 15

Aim of learning theories practical

Answer 15

To investigate whether there is a difference between gender and the type and appearance of car driven

Question 16

Example of classical conditioning

Answer 16

Pavlovs dog

Question 17

Example of operant conditioning

Answer 17

Skinners box

Question 18

Classic study of learning theories

Answer 18

Watson and Raynor (Little Albert)

Question 19

Contemporary study for learning theories

Answer 19

Becker (EAT-26)

Question 20

3 variations of banduras experiments

Answer 20

Original
Through film
Vicarious reinforcement

Question 21

What happened in the 3 rooms of banduras original study

Answer 21

Room1) watched adult role models
Room2) toys in room not allowed to play with
Room3) observed playing with toys

Question 22

What were the 3 experimental groups if banduras second experiment (imitation of film)

Answer 22

Real life aggression
Filmed aggression
Cartoon aggression

Question 23

What hapoened in the 2 experimental conditions of banduras vicarious reinforcement study

Answer 23

Adult praised at end

Adult told off at end

Question 24

Aim of Beckers contemporary study

Answer 24

To investigate the effect of tv on attitudes to eating behaviours on Fijian girls

Question 25

2 results from Beckers study

Answer 25

16% more girls scored 20+ on EAT-26 in second sample

No girls used self induced vomiting in first sample but 11% did in second