PSY 313 Study Guide - Final Guide: Associationism, Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning
31 May 2020
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Behavioral/social learning: describe the basic premises of the learning perspective. States that learning is changes in behavior as a result of experience. You are the way that you are because you have learned to engage in the behaviors that make you who you are: don"t need to look at internal processes, need to look at observable behaviors. Learning-based approaches to personality attempt to explain personality in terms of learning processes: what is personality according to the behaviorist/learning perspective, behaviorism is based on two truths, associationism. In order for learning to occur, there must be an association between things: hedonism, we are driven to gain pleasure and avoid pain, understand the basic principles of classical conditioning. S - r (stimulus - response: ucs, unconditioned stimulus. Sr: discriminant stimulus, response, reinforcing stimulus, reward or punishment. Shaping: reinforcing anything similar to the behavior you are looking for. Every time the desired behavior occurs, you reinforce it.
