Behavioral Psychology Theory
What is Behaviorism? The philosophy that all behavior is acquired through conditioning All behavior can be observed due to that behavior is controlled by outside forces rather inside forces Began with Ivan Pavlov in 1943 Ivan Pavlov Physiologist
US-Unconditioned Stimulus UR-unconditioned Response CS-Conditioned Stimulus CR-Conditioned Response
Unconditioned Stimulus Anything Interacts with your 5 senses Smell Auditory Visual Touch Taste Overtime people build associations with different types of stimuli
Unconditioned Response An unconditioned response is the unlearned response that occurs naturally in response to the unconditioned stimulus. How you feel about something is your unconditioned response Can be different each time we see it
Conditioned Stimulus Conditioned stimulus is previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.
Conditioned Response Person or animal responds to conditioned stimuli the same as the event The dog eventually developed a conditioned response to the sound of the bell
B.F. Skinner Psychologist Concluded when a type of behavior is followed by a positive consequence it is more likely to occur again, this positive effect is a reinforcer. Negative effect is aversive and will cause a person to move away or run away from something. Entire system is based on operant conditioning
Operant Conditioning Positive Reinforcement Reward for desired behavior Person/animal associates the desired behavior with the reward More desired behavior=Reward
Operant Conditioning Negative Reinforcement Punishment Removing some unpleasant state of affairs Make a response more likely to occur Punishment Make behavior less likely to happen
-Positive Reinforcement Classical conditioning Operant Conditioning -Positive Reinforcement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_mIEnnlF4 Classical conditioning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo7jcI8fAuI
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