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psyschology- unit2- learning
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- 1Name 2 psychologists that did a study on classical conditioningPavlov
Watson and Reynor - 2what was Pavlov's aim in his experiment?Studying digestion in dogs-not originally investigating conditioning
- 3Describe the method and results from Pavlov's experiment.Method- presented dog with food, dog salivated. He rang a bell before giving him the food. At first the dog only salivated to food. after several trials , the dog started to salivate to bell
Results- At first the dog only salivated to food. after several trials , the dog started to salivate to bell - 4Outline the conclusion from Pavlov's experimentDog associated the bell with food. Dogs have learnt to associate food with bell, indicating learning had taken place.
- 5Evaluate this experiment* This experiment only used dogs, therefore she cant generalise the finding to humans
* Lab based experiment- highly controlled , can assume cause and effect - repeated to check for reliability
- 6Name 2 psychologists that study operant conditioningThorndike & Skinner
- 7What is the aim and method for Thorndike's law of effect?Aim- to investigate trial and error learning in cats
Method- Put the cats in boxes. the cat explored the box, and accidentally opened the latch. Thorndike was put back in the box and was tie how long it took cat to escape. The was repeated several times.
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