Learning Approach

Question 1

What are the assumptions of the learning approach?

Answer 1

1. Social learning helps to explain changes in behaviour
2. Conditioning helps to explain changes in behaviour

Question 2

What’s the difference between classical and operant conditioning?

Answer 2

• *Classical conditioning:** learning through association. E.g. Pavlov’s dog & saliva experiment
• *Operant conditioning:** Learning through outcome. Reinforcements and punishments (positive [adding something], negative [taking something away])

Question 3

What are the four components of observational (social) learning?

Answer 3

• attention
• retention
• motivation
• production

PARM

Question 4

What are the three studies in the learning approach?

Answer 4

• Bandura et al.
• Pepperberg
• Saavedra & Silverman - buttons phobia