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Flashcards on Psychological Perspectives: Behaviorism
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Who is considered the founder of behaviorism?
John B. Watson
What is the main focus of behaviorism?
Observable behaviors and external stimuli
What is classical conditioning?
Learning through association of stimuli
What is operant conditioning?
Learning through consequences of behavior
What is reinforcement in behaviorism?
The process of increasing the likelihood of a behavior
What is punishment in behaviorism?
The process of decreasing the likelihood of a behavior
What are the key principles of behaviorism?
Stimulus-response associations, reinforcement, punishment
What is the concept of shaping in behaviorism?
Reinforcing closer approximations of a desired behavior
What is the famous Little Albert experiment?
An experiment demonstrating classical conditioning using a child and a white rat
Who developed the theory of operant conditioning?
B.F. Skinner
What is positive reinforcement?
Adding a pleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior
What is negative reinforcement?
Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior
What is positive punishment?
Adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior
What is negative punishment?
Removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior
What are some criticisms of behaviorism?
It neglects internal mental processes and focuses solely on observable behaviors
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Who is considered the founder of behaviorism?
John B. Watson
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
Ivan Pavlov
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What is the main focus of behaviorism?
Unconscious desires
Emotions and feelings
Observable behaviors and external stimuli
Cognitive processes
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What is classical conditioning?
Learning through observation and imitation
Learning through association of stimuli
Learning through rewards and punishments
Learning through introspection
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What is operant conditioning?
Learning through consequences of behavior
Learning through association of stimuli
Learning through unconscious desires
Learning through introspection
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What is reinforcement in behaviorism?
The process of increasing the likelihood of a behavior
The process of decreasing the likelihood of a behavior
The process of understanding unconscious desires
The process of association of stimuli
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What is punishment in behaviorism?
The process of increasing the likelihood of a behavior
The process of decreasing the likelihood of a behavior
The process of understanding unconscious desires
The process of association of stimuli
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What are the key principles of behaviorism?
Unconscious desires, ego, and superego
Stimulus-response associations, reinforcement, punishment
Cognitive processes and thinking patterns
Emotions and feelings
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Who developed the theory of operant conditioning?
John B. Watson
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
B.F. Skinner
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What is positive reinforcement?
Adding a pleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior
Adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior
Removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior
Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior
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What is negative reinforcement?
Adding a pleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior
Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior
Adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior
Removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior
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