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Psychology - learning theories

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Decks in this class (14)

4.1.1 - classical conditioning
What is the principle of classica...,
What is the unconditioned stimulu...,
What is the unconditioned respons...
21  cards
4.1.2 - Pavlov (1927) experiment with salivation in dogs
What did pavlov discover while in...,
What did pavlov hypothesise 2,
How did pavlov establish how pres...
9  cards
4.1.3 - main features of operant conditioning (types of reinforcement and punishment)
What is positive reinforcement 1,
What is negative reinforcement 2,
What is the effect of reinforceme...
14  cards
4.1.4 - properties of reinforcement (primary, secondary and schedules of reinforcement)
What is a primary reinforcer 1,
What is a secondary reinforcer 2,
What is a token economy 3
13  cards
4.1.5 - behaviour modification, including 'shaping behaviour'
What are the aims of behaviour mo...,
What is shaping 2,
How does behaviour modification w...
13  cards
4.1.6 - the main features of social learning theory
What is a model 1,
What is vicarious reinforcement 2,
What is vicarious punishment 3
6  cards
4.1.7 - social learning 'stages'
What are the 4 stages of social l...,
What happens during the attention...,
What happens during the retention...
12  cards
4.1.8 - Bandura (1961,1963) original Bobo doll experiments
1961 what was the aim of the expe...,
1961 what were the hypotheses for...,
1961 what was the sample for the ...
37  cards
4.1.9 - Bandura (1965) Bobo doll experiment with vicarious reinforcement
What were the aims of the study 1,
What was the sample for the study 2,
How was the sample divided into g...
18  cards
4.1.10 - how learning theories explain the acquisition and maintenance of phobias
What is a phobia 1,
What criteria are required for a ...,
What are the different types of p...
12  cards
4.1.11 - treatments for phobias based on theories of learning
What are two ways that phobias ca...,
What is flooding 2,
How does flooding work 3
14  cards
4.3.1 - Watson and Rayner (1920) Little Albert: Conditioned emotional reactions
What was the aim 1,
What was the sample 2,
What was the procedure 3
10  cards
4.3.4 - Capafons et al. (1998) Systematic desensitisation in the treatment of the fear of flying
What was the aim of the study 1,
How were participants recruited f...,
What was the sample for the study 3
12  cards
4.4 - key question
What is the key question for lear...,
What is fear of flying known as 2,
How many people experience aeroph...
8  cards

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