1. Learning Views

2. Learning/Behaviorist View
Most behavior learned
Consequences from environment
External & situational emphasis
Personality is collection of learned Rs
Individual differences due to different history of consequences

3. Classical Conditioning
Stimuli: Response
Unconditioned: Unconditioned
Neutral: None
Conditioned: Conditioned
Process
NS + UCS…
NS becomes CS and causes CR (same as UCR)

4. Classical Conditioning
Personality = CC Rs
Conditioning of N: Little Albert
Conditioned emotional Rs
Generalization
Help explain neurotics NA?

5. Operant Conditioning Structural unit is response Process Objective
Operant produces consequences (rewards, punishers)
Consequences increase/decrease p of behavior
Internal explanations unneeded (motive, cognition, emotion)

6. Operant Conditioning
Personality is learned/develops via consequences for behavior
Stability due to consequence contingencies in environment
Change contingencies change behavior

7. Stimulus-Response Theory
Structure
Habit = S-R connection (learned)
Drive = internal S that activates behavior
Primary: Innate (pain, hunger)
Secondary: Learned (money, success)
Process
Instrumental conditioning
Rewards = drive reduction
Punishment = drive enhancement

8. Stimulus-Response Theory
Personality = hierarchically arranged habits and drives
Develops via instrumental conditioning

9. Learning Views: Strengths & Limitations
Good science
Environmental emphasis
Useful applications
Limitations
Overly simple and neglects key areas
Not unified theory
Treatment evidence weak