PSYCH 2B03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Bungee Jumping, Social Learning Theory, Learned Helplessness
21 Nov 2016
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Learning to be a person: behaviourism and social learning theories. Learning is the process of behaviour changing from experience. It encompasses the idea that if two stimuli are simultaneously elicited, then the eliciting of one stimuli will elicit the other (i. e. classical conditioning) and that rewarding behaviours are continued while non-rewarding behaviours are discontinued. Learning-based approaches are divided into two parts: behaviourism and social-learning theories. The main tenet of behaviourism focuses on things that are observable rather than contained within the mind. Therefore, this view has been attractive because it brings out the scientific portion of psychology rather than the philosophical. Furthermore, behaviourists say that the personality is a direct result of the behaviours of the individual that are influenced by the environment. And that any other individual will do exactly the same thing in the same situation. However, there is less emphasis on psychological phenomenon that exists.
