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psychology approaches
behaviourist approach
assumptions
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they believe that all behaviour is learned and that the process of learning is the same in all species so animal studies can transfer across
they only believe in two forms of learning, classical conditioning and operant conditioning
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social learning theory
assumptions
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vicarious reinforcement is the process of learning a behaviour via the observation of consequences of behaviour
mediational processes
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motivation-the will to perform the behaviour, which is often determined by wether the behaviour is rewarded or punished
identification, when people (particularly children) imitate people they identify with.
the cognitive approach
approaches
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processing is done through the role of schema which is the beliefs and expectations learnt over time for example sitting on a chair
babies are born with a simple schema for suckling for example but as we grow up we get more complicated schema
theoretical and computer models, theoretical models are abstract computer models are concrete
each model is used to explain certain mental processes, for example the information processing approach suggests that info flows through the system in stages.
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