PSC 162 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Social Learning Theory, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
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Learning to be a person: behaviorism & the social learning theories. Behaviorism"s key tenet is that all of behavior stems from the rewards & punishments in past & present environments. The philosophical roots of behaviorism include empiricism, a belief that all knowledge come from experience; associationism, a belief that paired stimuli will come to be experienced as one; hedonism, the belief that the goal of life is. Gentle pleasure ; and utilitarianism, the belief that the best society is the one that creates the most happiness for the most people. In behaviorist terminology, learning is any change in behavior that results from experience. The basic principles of learning include habituation, classical conditioning, & operant conditioning. Classical conditioning affects emotions, feelings, & physiological responses; operant conditioning affects behavior & how one. Punishment is a useful technique of operant conditioning if applied correctly, which it almost never is.
