The Behaviourist Approach Key terms Little and often

The Behaviourist Approach Key terms Little and often is the rule for revision!

• Which B studied social learning? Bandura

• Which A was trained to be afraid of white rats? Little Albert

• What I means studying thinking by looking at one’s own mental processes? Introspection

• What S invented an experimental box? Skinner

• What R describes an overall pleasant consequence of a stimulus? Reinforcement

• Which P investigated classical conditioning? Pavlov

• What D refers to the ability to tell the difference between two similar stimuli? Discrimination

• What G refers to a process of behaviour being repeated in similar but different situations? Generalisation

• What CR is produced when there is a conditioned stimulus? Conditioned response

• What M is one of the processes in social learning? Motivation

• Which SH was the site of a study into the effects of the introduction of satellite television to a remote community? St Helena

• What I is behaviour that is copied from others? Imitate

• What AT is a treatment using behavioural theory? Aversion therapy

• What SD is a treatment using the principle of classical conditioning? Systematic desensitisation

• What OT is when new behaviours are acquired as a result of reinforcement? Operant conditioning