Behaviourism

According to B.F. Skinner, behaviour is shaped and maintained through reinforcement and punishment

• True

• False

In behaviourism, the process by which a response becomes less frequent or fades away due to the absence of reinforcement is called

John B Watson is famous for....

• Father of behaviourism

• Taxonomy

• Little Albert experiment

• Dogs experiment

Albert Bandura is best known for

• Social Learning Theory

• Conditioning

• The concept of self-efficacy

• Cat experiment

Learning through receiving something I do not want is called

When Benjamin hears a bell ring, he immediately feels hungry because he associates the sound with being fed. If he starts to feel hungry when he hears a similar sound, this is called

• Extinction

• Stimulus generalization

• Stimulus discrimination

• Spontaneous recovery

Learning only happens based on a single stimulus-response association

• True

• False

Skinner's concept of shaping is focused on reinforcing behaviour that occurs without modification

• True

• False

What is the key concept of behaviourism that was developed by Edward Thorndike?

• Classical Conditioning

• Stimulus-response and Consequence

• Operant Conditioning

• Social Learning Theory

Social Cognitive Theory explains learning by