Behaviourist Flashcards
(9 cards)
What is behaviourist approach and what does it involve
That behaviour is learned
Classical and operant conditioning
Where did most studies take place and what did they use for the sample
Conducted in a laboratory and animals were used instead of humans
Who was an early behaviourist and what did he ignore
John B Watson was an aeaely behaviourist and he ignored the idea of introspection and the study of mental consciousness. Focuses on behaviours that were observable and measurable
Who looked into classical conditioning
What study did he do
Ian Pavlov
Dog with bell and food study
Bell NS, dog salivate CR
Who looked into operant conditioning
BF skinnier
Negative + positive reinforcement
Punishment
Skinnier box (rats)
Rat activated lever
Was rewarded with a food pellet
Reinforced the behaviour
What is punishment and an example of
Unpleasant consequence of a behaviour
Eg: teacher shouting at student for talking when meant to be listening
Strength of BA
Well conducted research
Laboratory settings
Could infer the cause and effect
Strength of BA- 2 in this
Real life application
In institutions and prisons
Psychiatric processes such as therapy and flooding to treat phobias
Lead to development of other theories (SLT)
Limitations BA
Ethical issues
Involved the dogs and rats to be starved so they were always hunger, protection from physical and psychological harm
