Learning approach

• What is the main assumption of the Learning approach in psychology regarding human behavior?


  We all begin life as a blank slate shaped by experiences and interactions.
• How do psychologists from the Learning approach believe we learn?

  Through operant conditioning, classical conditioning, and social learning.
• What model is used to understand the learning processes in the Learning approach?

  The stimulus–response model.
• What were the aims of Saavedra and Silverman's study on button phobia?

  • Identify the cause of the boy’s phobia.
  • Test cognitive-behavioral therapy, including imagery exposure, as a treatment for the phobia.
• What was the aim of Fagen et al.'s study on elephant learning?

  • Investigate whether secondary positive reinforcement could train elephants to voluntarily complete a trunk wash.
• What were the aims of Bandura et al.'s study on aggression?

  • Investigate if observed behavior is imitated in a new setting without the model.
  • Determine if children observing aggressive models exhibit more aggressive acts than those observing non-aggressive models.
  • Assess if children observing non-aggressive models exhibit fewer aggressive acts than those who do not observe a model.
  • Explore if children observing same-sex aggressive models exhibit more aggressive acts than those observing opposite-sex aggressive models.
  • Examine if boys exhibit more aggressive acts than girls.