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Psych - Learning

The learning approach - key assumptions

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What does the 'learning approach' think all behaviour results from? the environment and experience
What are all animals conditioned by? their environment to act a specific way, e.g. if something bad happens, you learn from it for the future
How do you learn behaviour? through observing and imitating others
Name 3 ways we can learn behaviour? conditioning reinforcement social learning (watching others)
What is vicarious reinforcement? learning through the consequences of others
How is the 'learning approach' scientific? it focuses only on what can be seen and measured
What is an example of real life application of the 'learning approach'? encouraging positive behaviour in prisons rewarding children in class for good behaviour
Why can the 'learning approach' NOT be used to explain all behaviour? it ignores the role of nature (e.g. genetics)
Who discovered 'classical conditioning'? Pavlov
What is 'classical conditioning'? learning through association
Who discovered 'operant conditioning'? Skinner
What is 'operant conditioning'? learning through consequences
What 3 things can consequences be? Positive Neutral Negative
Who discovered the 'social learning theory'? Bandura
What is the 'social learning theory'? learning through observations and imitation of others
What are the 4 steps to the 'social learning theory'? Pay attention to role models Retain information Replicate behaviour Be motivated/reinforced for the behaviour
What are the 2 learning approach assumptions? Behaviour is a learned response from environmental stimuli. Behaviour can be learned from observation and imitation.
Created by: samfitter
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