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Unit 4: Important People Flashcards

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Albert Bandura

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Best known for Social Learning Theory (learning happens by observing others, bobo doll experiment)

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Ivan Pavlov

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Best know for his work describing classical conditioning (pavlov’s dogs)

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Robert Rescorla

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Expanded on Pavlov’s work; focused on Contingency Theory

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B.F. Skinner

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Best known for developing the theory of Operant Conditioning (skinner box)

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Edward Thorndike

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Best known for his work on Learning Theory and Law of Effect (studied cats escaping from a puzzle box)

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Edward Tolman

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Best known for his theory on Latent Learning and Mental Maps (trained rats to run a maze without a reward)

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John B. Watson

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Father of Behaviorism (little albert experiment)

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John Garcia

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Best known for his work on Conditioned Taste Aversion

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