Approaches and Assumptions - week 1

Which of the following is not a key assumption of the Behaviourist Approach?

• All behaviour is learnt

• Humans can be seen as data processing systems

• Humans are born as a Tabula Rasa

• Mainly concerned with observable behaviour

Operant conditioning refer to learning through what?

• Association

• Reinforcement and Punishment

• Watching others and imitating

• Schema

Classical Conditioning refers to when a neutral stimulus is paired with a conditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.

• True

• False

During Skinners experiment with the rats, food acted as what?

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

Bandura's experiments became known as the ___________ .

• Baby Doll Experiments

• Copy Cat experiments

• Bobo Doll experiments

• Childhood experiments

The cognitive approach is concerned with studying:

• Internal mental processes

• Unconscious processes

• Social learning

• Observable behaviour

What models do cognitive psychologists use to make inferences about mental processes?

• The iceberg analogy model

• Theoretical models

• Computer models

• Human biology models

Which perspective argues that the nervous system, glands and hormones, and genetic factors influence our behavior?

• Biological

• Evolutionary

• Cognitive

The Social Approach suggests that societies can broadly be defined as two distinct types. What are they?

Cognitive neuroscience studies mental processes by..