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The Learning Approach: Behaviourism Flashcards

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What are the key assumptions of the behavioural approach?

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  • Behaviour is concerned with observable behaviours (objectively and scientifically measured)
  • When born our mind is a blank state
  • Little difference between humans and animals
  • Behaviour is the result of a stimulus
  • All behaviour is learnt from the enviroment
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When was the behaviourist approach founded?

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1915

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Who found the behaviourist approach?

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Watson

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Why was the behaviourist approach formed?

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In rejection of introspection

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Who supported the behaviourist approach with classical conditioning?

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Pavlov

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Who supported the behaviourist approach with operant conditioning?

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Skinner

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What are behaviourism two main forms of learning?

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  • Classical conditioning

- Operant conditioning and reinforment

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Classical conditioning is learning through…

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association

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Who investigated into classical conditioning?

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Pavlov

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Who was Pavlov’s participants?

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Dogs

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What is classical conditioning?

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  • Learning by association

- Conditioning reflexes and involves associating new stimulus with innate bodily reflex

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What was the neutral stimulus before conditioning in Pavlov’s experiment?

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The bell

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What was the unconditioned stimulus before conditioning in Pavlov’s experiment?

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Food

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What was the unconditioned response before conditioning in Pavlov’s experiment?

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Salivation

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What was paired during conditioning in Pavlov’s experiment?

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Neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus

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What was the response during conditioning in Pavlov’s experiment?

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Unconditioned salivation

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What occurred after conditioning in Palvov’s experiment?

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  • Bell became conditioned stimulus

- Salivation became conditioned response

18
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What case study provides support of classical conditioning?

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Case of Little Albert investigated by Watson

19
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Who investigated into operant conditioning?

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Skinner

20
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What is operant conditioning?

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Learning through consequence

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What did Skinner claim?

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All behaviour is learnt as a result of consequences in our environment

22
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Can consequences be positive or negative or both?

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Both

23
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Who was Skinner’s participants?

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Animals (Rats)

24
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What is positive reinforcement?

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Increases the likelihood of a response occurring because it involves a reward for the behaviour

25
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What are example of positive reinforcement?

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-Workers get paid bonus for hard working

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What is negative reinforcement?

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Increases the likelihood of a response occurring because it involves the removal of, or escaping from, unpleasant consequence

27
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What is an example of negative reinforcement?

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-The car buzzer turns off when you put on your seatbelt

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What is positive punishment?

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The consequence is receiving something unpleasant which decreases the probability of the behaviour being repeated

29
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What is an example of positive punishment?

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-The driver’s speeding results in a ticket and a fine.

30
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What is negative punishment?

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The consequence is removing something desirable and decreases probability of the behaviour being repeated

31
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What is an example of negative punishment?

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-Toys being taken away from a child when they are throwing a tantrum

32
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In operant conditioning the association between responses and consequences must be as far or close together for learning to occur?

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Close

33
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What can operant conditioning be applied to?

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  • Social skills training for offenders

- Token economy systems

34
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What did Skinner discover about when is best to apply reinforcements?

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At an unpredictable time for conditioning behaviours

35
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What are the strengths of behaviourism?

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  • Very scientific = testable and establishs cause and effect
  • Replicable = High control so can be repeated
  • Quantitative data = easy to analyse
  • Real-life application = Phobias
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What are the limitations of behaviourism?

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-Can not fully explain different forms of learning e.g insight learning
-Ignores mental processes
Reductionist=only takes into account nurture, rules out any influence of anything else
-Lack of ecological validity = issues with generalisability

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