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Learning Approach
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- 1Learning approachFocuses on mechanisms of learning including conditioning and social learning.
- 2Classical ConditioningAssociation between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus to produce a response.
- 3Operant ConditioningLearning through consequences such as a reward or punishment.
- 4positive reinforcementOccurs when behaviour leads to the provision of a reward (such as a food pellet) increasing the likelihood of the behaviour being repeated.
- 5Negative reinforcementOccurs when behaviour switches off an unpleasant stimulus (such as a loud noise), increases chance of behaviour being repeated.
- 6PunishmentWhen behaviour leads to an unpleasant outcome (such as an electric shock) reducing the likelihood of behaviour being repeated.
- 7ImitationCopying the behaviour of a role model.
- 8ModellingLearning that involves observation of actions, extracting information about those actions and making a decision about whether or not to perform them.
- 9Social Learning theoryAn explanation put forward by Bandura to explain learning through observation and modelling.
- 10IdentificationA connection between a child and a role model often based on perceived similarity.
- 11Vicarious ReinforcementLearning takes place through observing the consequences of a models actions in terms of reward and punishment.
- 12Systematic DesensitizationA behavioural therapy used to treat phobia by working through an anxiety hierarchy in a relaxed state.
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