assumptions ♡

• What do behaviourists suggest about behaviour?

  Behaviour is environmentally determined
• What does the "Tabula Rasa" approach imply about humans?

  Humans are born as a blank slate
• What basic instinctual behaviours are mentioned?

  Hunger, crying, and pain
• Who defined the blank slate approach?

  Watson
• What did Watson claim he could develop from infants?

  Any type of specialist
• What experiment provides evidence for behaviourism?

  Bandura’s Bobo Doll Experiment
• How many boys and girls participated in the Bobo Doll Experiment?

  36 boys and 36 girls
• Where did the Bobo Doll Experiment take place?

  Stanford University Nursery School
• What were the two groups in the Bobo Doll Experiment?

  Aggressive and nonaggressive role models
• What does the Bobo Doll Experiment suggest about aggression?

  Aggression is learned through the environment
• What behaviour did children with aggressive role models exhibit?

  Imitative aggressive behaviours
• What are the two types of behaviour according to the assumption?

  Classical and operant conditioning
• How is classical conditioning learned?

  Through association
• How is operant conditioning learned?

  Through reinforcement
• What is the process of classical conditioning?

  Neutral stimulus becomes conditioned after association
• What was the pseudonym of the child in Watson and Raynor’s study?

  Little Albert
• What stimuli were used to condition a fear response in Little Albert?

  Cotton wool, white rabbit, fur coat
• What does the assumption about learning suggest about humans and animals?

  They learn in similar ways
• What is an example of classical conditioning in animals?

  Pavlov’s dogs salivating to a bell
• What did Pavlov do before giving food to the dogs?

  Rang a bell
• What happened after repeated exposure to the bell and food?

  Dogs salivated at the bell alone
• How was classical conditioning applied to humans?

  Through the Little Albert Experiment
• What are the key concepts of classical and operant conditioning?

  • Classical conditioning: learned through association
  • Operant conditioning: learned through reinforcement
• What are the similarities and differences between classical and operant conditioning?

  Similarities:

  • Both involve learning processes
  • Both can be applied to humans and animals

  
  

  Differences:

  • Classical: association of stimuli
  • Operant: consequences of behaviour