Psychology- Behavioural Approach

Question 1

Why do we domesticate animals?

Answer 1

For their: wool, milk,food,labour, protection

Question 2

What don’t we reply on animals for anymore

Answer 2

-Transport
-Security

Question 3

Pet and owner relationship:

Answer 3

*Often highly emotional relationship
*Some have service dogs to help them
*Some have them for:
-Affection
-Excerise
-Companionship

Question 4

How can operant conditioning explain the relationship between a pet and it’s owners

Answer 4

Rewards outweigh the costs => motivated them to maintain the relationship

Question 5

Behaviourist assumptions

Answer 5

-Tabula rasa

-behaviour is learnt through conditioning

-humans and animals learn in similar ways

Question 6

What does tabula rasa suggest/ say

Answer 6

Born like blank slate- have no innate, characteristics or behaviours

Question 7

According to tabula Rasa how do we develop our environments and characteristics

Answer 7

-Through our environments and others

-through experiences

-through processes of conditioning

Question 8

What’s an example from psychology to explain tabula Rasa theory

Answer 8

Little Albert