PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Learning Theory, Ecological Systems Theory
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Watson wanted to create a truly objective form of scientific psychology. Skinner thought the frequency of behaviour could be increased by associating it with various outcomes (reinforcer) Or punishment to decrease the likelihood of behaviour. Critical notion of learning was that people could learn simply by observing; observational learning. Children are selective with what they learn through observation because of socio-cognitive variables. Practical applications like behaviour modification used to increase desirable behaviours and vice versa. Effective in dealing with severe development problems like hyperactivity; as well as everyday things like phobias. Biological factors dont play that big a role in social learning theory; negative evaluation. Viewed children as constructivists: curious active explorers who responded to their environment according to how they view the world. Thought children constructed their own reality and their own worlds. A sequence of stages of how they understand the world; qualitatively different ways of understanding.
