25/26 Psychological approaches and applications

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What is psychology?

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The scientific study of mind and behaviour

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What is the learning approach?

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behaviour is shaped by your interactions with the environment - nurture.

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What are the two types of conditioning from the learning approach?

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Operant and Classical

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Is classical conditioning learning through ASSOCIATION?

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Yes

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In the learning approach, what did the Little Albert study show?

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Watson had been successful in his attempt to condition a fear response into a child

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What is operant conditioning?

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behaviours are learnt through reinforcement

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Is it true that Social learning theory works on the basis that most behaviours are learned through the observation and imitation?

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Yes

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What is a conditioned response (CR)?

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A new association has been formed, the unconditioned response after manipulation turns into the conditioned response

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What is positive reinforcement?

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A response or behavior is strengthened by reward

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What is Negative reinforcement?

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The behaviour is followed by the removal of an unpleasant stimulus