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Psych - Learning
The learning approach - key assumptions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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