Approaches: Behaviourism

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Behaviourism
- Classical conditioning
  - Learning through association.
  - Ivan Pavlov showed that dogs could be conditioned to salivate at the sound of a bell if the sound was repeatedly presented with food.
  - The dogs had learnt to associate the bell with the food and the sound of the bell.
- Evaluation
  - Strengths
Operant conditioning
- Learning by consequences
- Behaviourism
  - Classical conditioning
    - Learning through association.
    - Ivan Pavlov showed that dogs could be conditioned to salivate at the sound of a bell if the sound was repeatedly presented with food.
    - The dogs had learnt to associate the bell with the food and the sound of the bell.
  - Evaluation
    - Strengths
- If the consequence of a behaviour is pleasant, it is more likely that the behaviour will be repeated.
- Positive reinforcement: receiving a reward
The Skinner box (1953)
- Operant conditioning
  - Learning by consequences
  - If the consequence of a behaviour is pleasant, it is more likely that the behaviour will be repeated.
  - Positive reinforcement: receiving a reward

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