Behaviourism Review

Learning through receiving a reward is called...

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• punishment

Learning through taking away something I don't want is called...

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• punishment

Learning through receiving something I don't want is called...

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• punishment

Learning through association is:

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• social learning theory

Learning through reinforcement/reward and punishment is:

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• social learning theory

Little Albert

• Learned to be afraid of a white rat

• Generalised his fear to other white fluffy things

• Was the lab assistant during Pavlov's research

What is Classical Conditioning?

• Explanations of learning that focus on external events as the cause of changes in behavior, either positive or negative

• Process through which experience cause permanent change in knowledge or behavior

• The association of automatic response with new stimuli

• Process which strengthens behavior by presenting a desired stimulus after the behavior

What is positive reinforcement?

• Strengthening behavior by presenting a desire stimulus after the behavior

• Learning in which voluntary behavior is strengthened or weakened by antecedents or consequences

• Strengthening behavior by removing an unpleasant stimulus when the behavior occurs

• The association of automatic responses with new stimuli

What is negative reinforcement?

• Learning in which voluntary behavior is strengthened or weakened by antecedents or consequences

• Strengthening behavior by removing an unpleasant stimulus when the behavior occurs

• Strengthening behavior by presenting a desired stimulus after the behavior

• The process through which experience causes permanent change in knowledge or behavior

Classical conditioning is the association of voluntary responses with a new stimulus.

• True

• False