Psychology Flashcards
What was B.F Skinner most interested in?
The role of reward and punishment on behaviour
According to principles of Operant conditioning, the main purpose of reinforcement is to
Maintain a particular behaviour
Who discovered dogs learn to salivate at anything that has become associated with food?
Pavlov
What was a major criticism of the little Albert experiment by JB Watson?
Unethical
Classical conditioning is the process of what?
Learning the association between the conditioned stimulus (CS) and unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
What is behaviourism most closely associated with?
The scientific study of overt behaviour that can be objectively measured and verified
Behaviourists JB Watson most associated with
Classical conditioning
Famous experiment by B.F Skinner?
Skinners box
Behaviourism is known to have contributed most to?
Behavioural pharmacology
