that learning occurs when an association is made between a neutral stimulus and reflex response
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what is the theory of operant conditioning?
that people learn by consequences
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what is positive reinforcement?
when a behaviour is more likely to occur due to a reward
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what is negative reinforcement?
when a behaviour is more likely to occur by removing a stimulus
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what are the four criticisms of conditioning?
1. genes can influence our behaviour 2. difficult the behaviour of animals and humans 3 we can learn in other ways than conditioning 4. the cognitive approach is relevant to learning
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what are 3 learning theory assumptions?
1. nearly all behaviour is learnt 2.animal and humans learn in the same ways 3.the mind is irrelevant as it is unobservable
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what four things have behaviorism contributed?
1. moral development 2.language aquisition 3. attraction 4. abnormal
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what do behaviourists believe?
1. behaviour is determined by environment 2. only observable behaviour should be studied 3. psychology should investigate the products of learningq
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what was believed prior to the social learning theory?
watching violence was a cathartic release
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what are the four mediating factors for imitation to occur?
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