Week 8a - Learning Models & Theories

Question 1

What is the difference between Parlow and Skinner?

Answer 1

Parlow believes in classical conditioning

Skinner believes in operant conditioning

Question 2

What are two examples of the Theoretical Models of Health and Disease

Answer 2

Biomedical model - western medicine based on dualism and reductionism

Biopsychosocial model - health influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors rather than purely biological terms

Question 3

What is the difference between illness and sickness?

Answer 3

ILLNESS
patient’s subjective experience of disease

SICKNESS
social status accorded to the ill person by society

Question 4

What is the Schools of Behaviourism?

Answer 4

Theorists who focus on behaviour which is something one can see

Question 5

What is the difference between Pavlov’s “classical conditioning” and Skinner’s “operant conditioning”

Answer 5

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING (Pavlov) (Voluntary)
Involves placing a neutral signal before a reflex

OPERANT CONDITIONING (Skinner) (Involuntary)
Involves applying a consequence after a behaviour

Question 6

What are the 3 elements of Operant conditioning?

Answer 6

1. ) Response
2. ) Consequence
3. ) Contingency (predicted future event)

Question 7

What is Bandura’s “social learning theory”?

Answer 7

SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY (Bandura) (observations)

Behaviour is learnt from the environment through observational learning