Behaviourism

• Reinforcement- Increases a behaviour positively or negatively
• Punishment- decreases or stops a behaviour
• Imitation- Observing a behaviour from a role model ad copying it
• Mediational processes- internal processes that need to happen in order for learning to occur
• Neutral stimulus- A stimulus that at first elicits no response

  Unconditioned stimulus- A stimulus that leads to an automatic response

  Conditioned stimulus- Conditioned after paired with an unconditioned stimulus through association

  Conditioned response- Response elicited by conditioned stimulus through learning to associate
• Tebula Rasa - blank slate
• Pavlov Dogs (Classical conditioning)

  Aim- Effect of pairing a bell with food and measure the volume of saliva produced

  Before- Ring the bell in front of dog (NS)

  Shows dog food, salivates (Food UCS)

  (Salivation UCR)

  During- Bell + Food (Bell NS) (Food UCS) (Salivation UCR)

  After- Rings bell - Dog salivates (Bell CS)

  (Salvation CR)
• Conclusion of Pavlov's dog experiment

  Animals can be classically conditioned to produce a learned response
• Skinners rats (Operant conditioning)

  • Procedure- Rats placed in a Skinners box
  • Every time the rat activated a lever it was rewarded with a food pellet
  • Conclusion- Food programmed a stimulus response link in the rat due to positive reinforcement
• Operant conditioning- Learning through consequences
• Classical conditioning- Learnt through association