Theme 1 Flashcards
What is the learning and phobia theory? Watson and rayner
Watson and Rayner investigated origins of phobias. They suspect that phobias are learned early through a process called conditioning. Taught a young kid to be afraid of rats and when he reached for the rat they would bang metal together making a loud noise, this will associate the rat with the noise and then the kid will have a phobia of the rat.
Learning and aggression. Bandura.
Bandura and his colleagues wanted to investigate if children are capable of learning aggressive behaviours from people around them. They got a blow up doll and videoed an adult acting aggressive towards the doll, then they put the child in the room with the doll and saw if the child acting the same as the adult.
Personal space and anxiety
They wanted to know if personal space is invaded then anxiety increases. They waited for a guy to go to a urinal in a toilet and then would send in a confederate to pretend to use the urinal next to him and they have a hidden camera to see if the person urinates longer if the guy is next to him or quicker when the guy is on a different urinal.
Helping in emergencies
Pilliavin wanted to know which factors influence people helping in emergencies. They set up one person to collapse on the floor and pretend to be unconscious dressed in a suit compared to being dressed in rags and tramp like. They wanted to see who would get helped more from there appearance.
