What is the learning approach? + definitions

Question 1

What are the 3 theories in the learning approach?

Answer 1

Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, + social learning theory

Question 2

What do the theories explain?

Answer 2

Acquisition + maintenance of phobias

Question 3

What does the learning approach focus on?

Answer 3

How our behaviour is influenced + shaped by environment and experiences

Question 4

What does ‘tabula rasa’ mean?

Answer 4

You’re born as a blank slate, + were shaped by environmental factors

Question 5

Explain scientific approach:

Answer 5

Stating question, offering theory, then constructing lab/field experiment to test hypothesis

Includes standardised procedure, IV and DV, objective + quantitative data

Question 6

What is focusing on observable behaviour?

Answer 6

Theory of learning that focuses on how we respond to events/stimuli

Question 7

What is free will?

Answer 7

Power of acting without constraint of necessity or fate

Question 8

What is conditioning?

Answer 8

Process of training/accustoming a person/animal to behave in certain way or accept certain circumstances

Question 9

What is animal research?

Answer 9

Teaching + research on behaviour of non-human animals