Learning

Learning

1. Types of Learning

   • Observational Learning
     • Implicit vs Explicit Learning
     • Factors Influencing Observational Learning
       • Attention
       • Retention
       • Reproduction
       • Motivation
     • The Role of Models
     • Vicarious Learning
   • Classical Conditioning
     • Stimuli (UCS, CS, NS)
     • Phases
       • 1. Before Conditioning
       • 2. Acquisition Phase
       • 3. Performance Phase
     • Response (UCR, CR)
     • Examples
       • Advertising
       • Phobia
       • Taste Aversions
     • Contingency and Contiguity
     • Extinction and Spontaneous Recovery
     • Stimulus Generalisation And Extinction
   • Operant Conditioning
     • Reinforcement and Punishment
       • Positive
       • Negative
     • Schedules of Reinforcement
       • Continuous
       • Partial
         • Ratio
           • Fixed
           • Variable
         • Interval
           • Fixed
           • Variable
     • Extinction and Spontaneous Recovery
     • Stimulus Discrimination and Generalisation
     • ABC Model
     • Thorndike and Skinner

2. Preparedness

3. Therapies

   • Behaviour Therapy
     • Exposure Therapy
       • Systematic Desensitisation
       • Flooding
     • Aversion Therapy
     • Behaviour Modification
   • Cognitive Therapy
     • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

4. Ethics

   • Little Albert Experiment (classical conditioning)
   • Learnt Helplessness (operant conditioning)
   • Bobo Doll Experiment (observational learning)