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Paper2 Approaches Flashcards

1
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Environmental determinism

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Behaviour is a result of experience

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2
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Positive reinforcement

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Adding positive stimulus to encourage desired behaviour

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3
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Negative reinforcement

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Removing unpleasant stimulus to encourage behaviour

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4
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Positive punishment

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Adding unpleasant stimulus following undesired behaviour

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5
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Negative punishment

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Removing positive stimulus

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6
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SLT definition

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Learning behaviour by observing it happen in a social context

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Vicarious reinforcement

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Watching someone else get punished for action so less likely to adopt behaviour

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8
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Modelling

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People we want to learn behaviours from

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Identification

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Imitating models with similar characteristics to oneself

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10
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Mediational processes

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Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation

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11
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Conscious

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Thoughts we are aware of

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Preconscious

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Thoughts that are not immediately accessible but bought into conscious awareness

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13
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id

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Survival
Selfish needs and desires
At birth

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14
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Ego

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Reality principle
Mediator

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15
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Superego

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Morality principle
Guilt
Moderate behaviour to moral expectations

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16
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Oral stage

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0-1year
Fixation results in immature personality

17
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Anal stage

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1-3year
Too strict at potty training results in retentive personality

18
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Phallic stage

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3-6year
Imitates gather behaviour
Penis envy
Boys have sexual desire for their mother

19
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Defence mechanisms

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Ego managing unresolvable problems
Denial
Displacement
Repression

20
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Maslows hierarchy

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Top:
Self actualisation
Esteem needs
Love and belongings
Safety
Physiological needs

21
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Genotypes

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Genetic code for characterises

22
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Phenotype

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Physical expression for genotype

23
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Congruence

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Carl Rogers
Self image and ideal self aligns

24
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Congruence

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Carl Rogers
Self image and ideal self aligns

25
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Electra complex/ Oedipus complex

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Girls want fathers affection
Boys fight for their mother

26
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Discrimination

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Learning to differentiate between similar conditioned stimuli (CS)

27
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Extinction

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Conditioned stimulus (CS) no longer paired with unconditioned stimulus (UCS) response will cease

28
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Generalisation

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Conditioned response (CR) drawn out by stimulus simillar to CS

29
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Spontaneous recovery

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After extinction it takes a few pairings of UCS and CS for CR to reappear

30
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Higher order conditioning

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Neutral stimulus draws out conditioned response (CR)

31
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Assimilation

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New information is added

32
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Accommodation

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New schema formed for information

33
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Materialism

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Every cognitive process is linked to brain activity

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