ST.MARY’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION SEMINAR ON PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (2011-2012) [pic] Signature of the Teacher educator J. Rawoofu Nisha (Mathematics) SKINNER’S (OPERANT CONDITIONING) AND THORNDIKE’S (TRIAL AND ERROR) THEORIES |S.NO |CONTENT
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History of Psychology The word psychology comes from two Greek words: Psych and Logos. It was in the 18th century when psychology gained its literal meaning: the study of behavior. Today‚ psychology is defined as the scientific and systematic study of human and animal behavior. The term psychology has a long history (Feldman). Psychology started within the fields of philosophy and physiology. But thanks to a German man named‚ Wilhelm Wundt‚ psychology became an independent field of its own. Wilhelm
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and fail to disclose the issue or disclose and bear the consequences. The deontological perspective assumes that humans should be treated as objects of intrinsic moral value. However‚ the consequentialist perspective assumes that morality of an action is determined by the specific results of an action‚ in which case the salesman’s actions would eventually help the company avoid litigation. Levels of Cognitive Moral Development Kohlberg defined three levels of moral development‚ which are‚ the pre-conventional
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4/22/12 Cognitive Therapy & CBT Home » Therapy » Types of Counselling and Psychotherapy » An Introduction to Cognitive Therapy & Cognitive Behavioural Approaches By Dr Greg Mulhauser‚ Managing Editor Cognitive therapy (or cognitive behavioural therapy) helps the client to uncover and alter distortions of thought or perceptions which may be causing or prolonging psychological distress. Underlying Theory of Cognitive Therapy The central insight of cognitive therapy as originally formulated
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level of autonomic nervous system arousal may contribute to A) post-traumatic stress disorder. B) phobias. C) antisocial personality disorder. D) dissociative disorders. E) generalized anxiety disorder. ____ ____ ____ ____ Page 1 AP Psychology C14 Practice Test ____ 6. The symptoms of ________ are likely to appear at an earlier age than the symptoms of ________. A) antisocial personality; schizophrenia B) major depression; bipolar disorder C) obsessive-compulsive disorder; phobias
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1. Abnormal psychology is the study of: A) how abnormal behavior can be defined‚ classified‚ explained‚ and treated B) the abnormalities that exist within social and political organizations. C) the variations in normal thought content‚ behaviors‚ and emotions. D) how genes and the environment influence physical health and diseases. Ans: A Section reference: Abnormal psychology: The core concepts Difficulty level: easy Core concept: none Page reference: See page 3 of your text.
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* MERGEFORMAT �9� Running Header: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY Biological Psychology Paper Sandra Lattin University of Phoenix Biological Psychology Biological psychology‚ as defined by the New World Encyclopedia‚ "is the application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes and behavior". In other words‚ it is the study of psychology in terms of bodily mechanisms.(New World Encyclopedia). Most processes associated with psychology have some sort of correlation with biological/physiological
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Community Psychology Assignment: Social Problem There are two paper assignments due throughout the semester. These papers are designed to build upon each other such that the second paper includes a revision of the first. You have been given a list of social problems. Keep in mind‚ Social Problems‚ also called social issues affect every society‚ great and small. Even in relatively isolated‚ sparsely populated areas‚ a group will encounter social problems. Part of this due to the fact
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Theories of cognitive development: Assignment one. ‘Compare and contrast the cognitive theories of the theorists – Piaget‚ Vygotsky & Bruner‚ criticising the basis of each theory’ This essay will be comparing and contrasting the cognitive theories and approaches of Piaget‚ Vygotsky and Bruner. The cognitive approach is based on how as individuals process information‚ past experiences‚ memory and perception. A definition of cognition is “how we consider information that we perceive from our
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There are 3 elements in the behaviourist perspective‚ which are classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning and the social learning theory. The main assumptions made by the behaviourists are • That scientific methods should be used to study only behaviour that is observable • The environment (i.e. the people or events in it) causes our behaviour • The two ways in which we learn from the environment are through classical and operant conditioning. The classical conditioning theory was developed
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