Behaviourist Approach - Assumption 3: Humans And Animals Learn In Similar Ways

Question 1

How is the relationship between human and animal described as, and why

Answer 1

• There’s no differences
• because we are products of our environments
• so behaviour is determined by stimulus-response relationships

Question 2

What is one consequence of this assumption

Answer 2

We can generalise our finding from animals to humans

Question 3

Which 2 psychological researchers in this approach used animal studies and then generalised to humans

Answer 3

• Pavlov: Dogs
• Skinner: rats + pigeons

Question 4

How can Pavlov and Skinner’s findings be seen in society

Answer 4

• through schools, parenting, legal system and healthcare
• e.g. punishing students for being rude by giving them a detention

Question 5

Apply to behaviour

Answer 5

• Lorenz explored the concept of imprinting in his research on goslings.
• Lorenz found that geese follow the first moving thing they see (a process known as imprinting).
• This research clearly shows that the findings from research can be applied to explain human mother-child relationship