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Psychology learning: behaviourism and key studies
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- 1what is the psychological definition of 'learning'?learning can be said to have taken place when some experience results in a relatively permanent change in the reaction to a situation
- 2What is learning identified by?a change in behaviour.
- 3What is behaviourism?It is an objective way to study and measure changes in behaviour.
- 4What did Thorndike study and how?Studied cats by putting them into puzzle boxes which involved opening the trap door using a footpedal. Food was then given as a reward.
- 5What were the results of Thorndike's experiment?The cats can learn to leave the contraption but it is as a result of trial and error, rather than a higher mental power.
- 6What did Tinbergen and Perdeck (1950) study?They studied gull chicks and their natural responses to being fed. A red spot on the parents beak triggered their reflexes to open their beaks and feed.
- 7What was the Tinbergen and Perdeck (1950) experiment?They changed the colour of the red spot on the beak and it showed that the responses were minimised unless the spot was red.
- 8What did Mahler (1970) study? What did it show?Studied bird song. The birds has an imprint of singing but results showed that they also learn from other birds.
- 9What did Konrad Lorenz study and what were the results?Also studied instinctive behaviour in chicks. Study showed that when chicks are born, they have to figure out who their mother is by observing the first moving creature they see. The chicks started following Lorenz around.
- 10What is habituation?Our mind learning and getting used to things that don't create discomfort and danger.
- 11What is sensitization?Sensitization occurs when there is an increase in response following repeated exposure to something.
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