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Section 5 : The Approaches In Psychology - Behaviourism Flashcards

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What is behaviourism also known as

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Learning theory

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Where did behaviourism start

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In America

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When did behaviourism start

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Early 1900s

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Behaviourism started through the ideas of who

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John Watson

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What did Watson feel about the origins of psychology

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He felt that earlier psychological research wasn’t as scientific as it should be

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what are the three assumptions of behvaviourism

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  • nearly all behaviour is learnt
  • animals and humans learn in the same way
  • the mind is ‘irrelevant’
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what is meant by the assumption ‘nearly all behaviour is learnt’

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that learning ,and not genetics, is the cause of the majority of behaviours

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what is meant by the assumption ‘animals and humans learn in the same ways’

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humans can do much more complex things than animals but the principles by which we learn is the same

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what is meant by the assumption ‘the mind is irrelevant’

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we cannot observe and measure someone’s thinking so behaviourists obtain measurable data by studying behvaiour

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what did the behaviourists propose

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two types of conditioning

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what are the two types of conditioning

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classical
operant

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what was Ivan Pavlov’s research about

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studied how dogs salivation helped them digest food

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what did Pavlov notice about what the dogs would do

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he noticed they would salivate before they got food

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what did pavlov realise because the dogs salivated before they got food

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he realised that the dogs had associated food with another stimulus

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what was the method of Pavlov’s experiment

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-whenever he would give the dogs some food he would also ring a bell
-after repeating several times Pavlov then tried to ring the bell without giving the dogs food

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what was the result of Pavlovs experiment

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the bell alone caused salivation

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what is the conclusions we can make about Pavlovs experiement

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when dogs see food they salivate - this is an automatic unlearned response - a refelx

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what is a reflex

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an automatic unlearned response

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what is a UCS

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unconditioned stimulus

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what is a UCR

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unconditioned response

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in pavlovs experiment what was the UCS and UCR

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UCS - the food
UCR - salivation

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what is a CS

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a conditioned stimulus

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in Pavlov’s experiment what was the CS

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the bell

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what is a CR

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a conditioned response

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what had become the CR in Pavlov’s experiment

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the salivation

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what are the five principles when dealing with classic conditioning

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generalisation
discrimination
extinction
spontaneous recovery
higher order conditioning

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what does generalisation mean

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when stimuli similar to the original CS produce the CR

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what does discrimination mean

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when stimuli similar to the original CS don’t produce the CR. can be achieved by withholding the UCS when the similar stimulus is used

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what does extinction mean

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when the CR isn’t produced as a result of the CS. this happens when the CS is repeatedly presented without the UCS following it

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what does spontaneous recovery mean

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when a previous extinct CR is produced in response to the CS. this happens when the CS is presented again after a period of time during which it has not be used

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what does higher order conditioning mean

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when a new CS produces the CR because the animal associates it with the original CS. this can be achieved by consistently presenting the new CS before the original CS

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what does classical conditioning apply to

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reflexive responses

33
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who studied how animals can learn from the consequences of their actions

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B.F. Skinner

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what can the consequences of B.F. Skinners study be classified as

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positive reinforcement
negative reinforcement

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what is positive reinforcement

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when something desirable is obtained in response to doing something

36
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what is negative reinforcement

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when something undesirable is removed when something happens

37
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what was the method of Skinner 1938

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  • Skinner created a Skinner box
    -placed one rat at a time in the skinner box
    -each box contained a variety of different stimuli
    -hungry rat was placed in skinner box
    -the time taken for the rats to learn that pressing the lever would release the food was recorded
38
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what were the stimuli used in skinner 1938

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-a speaker
-lights
-floor which gave electric shock
-food dispenser which released food when lever was pressed

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what were the results of skinner 1938

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-Initially the rat would run around the cage until it accidentally pressed the lever and it was rewarded with food
-the more the rat was put back in the box the quicker they got at learning where the lever was

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what was the conclusion of skinner 1938

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-rats can learn behaviour through operant conditioning
-behaviour such as pressing a lever can be positively reinforced by receiving food

41
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give the evaluations of skinner 1938

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-hugely influential on idea of behavioural psychology
-experiment used animals meaning results might not be generalisable to humans
-sample size was also small reducing reliability of his results

42
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what are the weaknesses of conditioning

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-cant explain all human behaviour
-most conditioning research has involved animals meaning results cant be generalised
-different species have different capacities for learning by conditioning
-genetics seem to influence and limit what different species can learn by conditioning
-experiments on animals can be seen as unethical

43
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who conducted the ‘little albert’ study

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Watson and Rayner

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when was watson and rayner

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1920

45
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what was the method of little albert

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-participant 11 month old baby
-showed no fear of white fluffy objects
-researchers tried to create a conditioned response to these objects
-a white rat was placed in front of little albert
-as he reached out for it, a metal bar was struck loudly behind his head

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what were the results of little albert

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-when little albert was shown a rat he would start to cry
-this extended to other white fluffy objects such as white Santa Claus beard

47
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what was the conclusion of little albert

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a fear response to white fluffy objects had been conditioned in little albert showing that abnormal behaviour can be learned

48
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give the evaluations of little albert

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-very unethical
-not everyone goes onto develop a fear or phobia after a negative situation
-lab study so lacks ecological validity
-supports pavlovs idea of classicla conditioning

49
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why have behaviourists been criticised

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because there is research which shows things like:
-our genes can influence our behaviour
-w can learn in ways other than conditioning
-mental, cognitive process are relevant to understanding behaviour

50
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what theory expands on behaviourists theories

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social learning theory

51
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who developed the social learning theory

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Bandura

52
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what does the social learning theory state/suggest

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-it agrees with the idea that people can learn by conditioning but also claims that people learn a lot from role models
-some cognitive

53
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The social learning theory proposes that several process take place for learning to happen what are they

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Modelling
Reinforcement
Vicarious Reinforcement

54
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What is modelling

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This involves observing and imitating another person. It requires identification with the model. If you identify with the model you can copy and learn from their behaviour

55
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What is meant by identification in modelling

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Where certain attractive qualities and characteristics are picked up on

56
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What is meant by reinforcement

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Positive and negative reinforcement makes the behaviour more likely to happen again in the future

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What is vicarious reinforcement

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Seeing others being rewarded for a behaviour influences someone in whether they choose to imitate the behaviour

58
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The SLT is also mediated through cognitive processes what are they

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Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation

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What is meant the cognitive process: attention

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To learn a behaviour you have to pay attention - once you notice your role model you have to give your full attention to their behaviour

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What is meant the cognitive process: Retention

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You need to be able to remember what you observed to be able to model it

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What is meant the cognitive process: reproduction

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You judge whether you have the ability to reproduce behaviour - if you think you can you’re far more likely to do it

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What is meant the cognitive process: motivation

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You evaluate the direct or indirect results of imitating the behaviour

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The social learning theory is….

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Reductionist

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What does it mean for the SLT to be reductionist

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It explains things through a very basic cause and effect mechanism. It ignores any biological explanation

65
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Who studied migration of aggression

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Bandura

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What was the method Bandura used

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-36 girls and boys with a mean age if 52mnths
-matched participants design
-three conditions
- children’s behaviour was then observed for 20mins in a room containing aggressive toys and non aggressive toys

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What was the first condition in Bandura 1961

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Children observed aggressive adult models playing with a bobo doll E.g. hitting doll with mallet

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What was the second condition of Bandura 1961

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The children observed non aggressive models playing with other toys and ignoring the bobo doll

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What was the third condition of Bandura 1961

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It was a control condition in which children had no exposure to the models

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What was the results of Bandura 1961

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-Children exposed to aggressive behaviour models imitated a lot of aggressive behaviour
-Children in the non aggressive and control conditions showed barely any aggressive behaviour
-Aggressive behaviour was slightly higher in the control condition than in the non aggressive condition

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What is the conclusion of Bandur 1961

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Aggressive behaviour is learned through imitation of others behaving aggressively

72
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Give the evaluations of Bandura 1961

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-Study provide evidence for social learning theory
-Strict control of variable - reliable results and can be replicated
-Low ecological validity
-Difficult to generalise - limited sample was studied
-Potential ethical problem - encouraged aggressive behaviour

73
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What did bandura’s study show

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That reinforcement isn’t needed for learning, we can learn by observing

74
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What could be said about Bandura 1961

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Bobo dolls are made for aggressive play, as well as this children were shown how play with the doll so this study may actually be a test of obedience

75
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What is difficult to conclude about Bandura 1961

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Difficult to conclude that observational learning has taken place. Sometimes behaviours can be repeated a long time after they’ve been observed

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