THE BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH Key assumptions STARTER KEY ASSUMPTIONS
THE BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH Key assumptions
STARTER - KEY ASSUMPTIONS Read the quote from John Watson … What does this suggest about the behaviourist approach?
THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENT Tabula Rasa … Literally means “Blank Slate” … We are born “blank” and it is our environment which shapes us. Environmental determinism … All that we are is because of our environment. Our personalities and behaviour is determined by our environment
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING This is learning through ASSOCIATION To remember this think ASS! … cl. ASSical conditioning … ASSociation
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING Does anyone have a dog or a cat? http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Cpo. Lx. EN 54 ho
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING Before conditioning UCS UCR (Food) (Salivation) NS No Response (Metronome)
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING During conditioning UCS NS UCR (Food) (Metronome) (Salivation) After conditioning CS CR (Metronome) (Salivation)
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING Explain: … “You eat a banana and shortly afterwards you are sick. You are sick not because of the banana, but because you have a stomach bug; however, from now on the smell and taste of bananas makes you feel nauseous. ”
LITTLE ALBERT http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Xt 0 ucx. Or. PQE Read pages 24 -25 and fill in the gaps. Using the equation, explain the conditioning that occurred in the Little Albert Experiment
OPERANT CONDITIONING Operant conditioning is learning through consequence It focuses on reward and punishment. Have you been rewarded or punished this week?
OPERANT CONDITIONING Read the section on page 17, and insert the key terms with the definition, and give an example. If you find it a bit confusing trying to remember all of the terms, just remember the following … Reinforcement increases behaviour … Punishment decreases behaviour … Positive is where something is given … Negative is where something is taken away
OPERANT CONDITIONING Can pigeons read? … http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=I_ct. Jqjlr. HA&feature =related Or play ping pong? … http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=v. Gazy. H 6 f. QQ 4
OPERANT CONDITIONING http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=z 8 n. L-Bv 2 oqc … In your own words, describe how in the video above, operant conditioning has been used to train the Guinea pig. … Use the correct terms. Read the scenarios and state what type of conditioning it is.
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