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The behaviourist approach - Coggle Diagram
The behaviourist approach
Skinner and watson
Watson - Little albert
Skinner box - conditioning rats
Little Albert
Gave little Albert a phobia of rats through associating them with a loud frightening noise = unethical
Classical conditioning through association
An unconditioned stimulus is paired with a neutral stimulus
The main assumption is that behaviour is learned through reinforcement and direct personal experience
Operant conditioning through consequences
Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
Receiving a reward when a certain behaviour is performed
Punishment
Decreases likelihood of a behaviour as its an unpleasant consequence of a behaviour.
Negative Reinforcement
Avoiding something unpleasant that results in a positive experience - e.g being told off when not handing in an essay therefore you will always hand it in on time
Ivan Pavlov's dog experiment (A form of classical conditioning)
Paired a neutral stimulus (the bell) with a conditioned response (salivating when seeing food)
Used laboratory experiments
A baby's mind is born a blank slate - "tabula rasa"