PSYCH 2B03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Associationism, Personal Construct Theory, Pretzel
6 Sep 2013
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Part vi: what personality does: learning, thinking, feeling and knowing. Chapter 15: learning to be a person: behaviorism and social learning theories. Social learning theory arose to correct some of the shortcomings of behaviorism. Three social learning theories were proposed to expand behaviorism in response to one or more of these shortcomings. Habit hierarchy the behaviour most likely to be performed at a given moment resides at the top of ones habit hierarchy; John dollard and neal miller psychologists at yale during the 1940"s-50"s least likely at the bottom: the effects of rewards, punishments and learning is to rearrange the habit hierarchy. Rewarded behaviours become more likely, punished behaviours become less likely. Skinner (behaviorism) claimed that learning changes behaviour. Dollard and miller (social learning theory) claimed that learning changes the arrangement of an unobservable psychological entity (habit hierarchy the personality) An individuals history of learning produces a distinctive arrangement of behaviours that are more and less likely to be performed.
