7 Learning Psychology

7 Learning Psychology

1. Classical conditioning

   • Unconditioned stimulus- UCS
   • Unconditioned response- UCR
   • Conditioned stimulus- CS
   • Neutral stimulus- NS
   • Conditioned response- CR
   • Pavlov
     • Salivation in dogs
   • Extinction
   • Spontaneous recovery
   • stimulus recovery

2. Operant conditioning

   • Types of reinforcement
   • Types of punishment
   • Behaviour modification
     • Shaping behaviour

3. Social Learning Theory

   • Attention
   • Retention
   • Reproduction
   • Motivation
   • Bandura- Bobo doll
     • 1963
     • 1965
     • 1961
   • Main features of Social Learning Theory

4. Phobias

   • Treatments for phobias
     • Systematic desensitisation
   • How learning theories explain phobias

5. Individual differences

   • How people differ because of environmental influences

6. Developmental psychology

   • Development is through patterns of rewards & punishments
   • Development is through observation of others