individual differences

Question 1

how are there individual differences in classical conditioning

Answer 1

people have different associations made so therefore not everyone is scared of clowns because not everyone has had a bad association

Question 2

what are the individual differences in operant conditioning

Answer 2

token economy programmes give rewards to people - depends what reward you pay interest to to what actions you do

Question 3

how do individual differences link to social learning theory

Answer 3

role models tend to be who you surround yourself with so therefore different experiences of modelling leads to different behaviours

Question 4

how does gender link to operant conditioning

Answer 4

people around a child will respond to the behaviour exhibited by the child with either reinforcement for gender appropriate behaviours or punishment if not

Question 5

how does gender link to social learning theory

Answer 5

children observe modela around then and how they react to gender - if children watch models act in gender specific ways then they will too - vicarious learning can links too

Question 6

how do we learn differently in social leaning theory

Answer 6

bandura acknowledged that children may have previously learnt behaviours or have different levels of self efficacy which affects the results

Question 7

how do we learn differently in operant conditioning

Answer 7

vaughan et al found when training claves to urinate in specific places there was differences in how quickly the cow learnt due to age, ability and motivation

Question 8

how do we learn differently in classical conditioning

Answer 8

pavlovs dogs - two opposing results with two different groups of dogs - some dogs needed more pairings - cognitive impairments may mean it takes people longer to learn