Psychology Flashcards

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What was B.F Skinner most interested in?

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The role of reward and punishment on behaviour

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According to principles of Operant conditioning, the main purpose of reinforcement is to

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Maintain a particular behaviour

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Who discovered dogs learn to salivate at anything that has become associated with food?

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Pavlov

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What was a major criticism of the little Albert experiment by JB Watson?

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Unethical

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Classical conditioning is the process of what?

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Learning the association between the conditioned stimulus (CS) and unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

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What is behaviourism most closely associated with?

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The scientific study of overt behaviour that can be objectively measured and verified

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Behaviourists JB Watson most associated with

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Classical conditioning

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Famous experiment by B.F Skinner?

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Skinners box

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Behaviourism is known to have contributed most to?

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Behavioural pharmacology

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