SOCSCI 2UA3 Lecture 1: September 11
24 Oct 2017
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Person first language respectful language of individuals. How we behave because of what"s happened to us (i. e. steps involved in learning how to ride a bike, or to quit smoking) Provides the scientific foundation to make changes. Applies basic principles to learning and behaviour. Attempts to change behaviours that are socially significant*** (we can turn a great person into a criminal. Teaching someone who doesn"t know how to communicate, to communicate (i. e. with mom or dad). Getting an individual to stop poking themselves in the eye, it is socially significant. The study of the relationship between what organisms do, and events in the environment. (i. e. knowing to bring an umbrella when it rains). Two models of learning: respondent and operant conditioning: respondent means yours responding to something (i. e. a sound fire alarm, operant conditioning means things that have operated on us that have shaped our behaviour.
