Attitude Formation CCSF‚ Shardlow In Social Psychology attitudes are defined as positive or negative evaluations of objects of thought. Attitudes typically have three components. • The cognitive component is made up of the thoughts and beliefs people hold about the object of the attitude. • The affective component consists of the emotional feelings stimulated by the object of the attitude. • The behavioral component consists of predispositions to act in certain ways toward
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C H A P T E R 5 LEARNING kowa_c05_162-194hr.indd 162 9/13/10 11:03 AM A n experiment by John Garcia and his colleagues adds a new twist to all the stories ever told about wolves and sheep. The researchers fed a wolf a muttonburger (made of the finest sheep flesh) laced with odorless‚ tasteless capsules of lithium chloride‚ a chemical that induces nausea. Displaying a natural preference for mutton‚ the animal wolfed it down but half an hour later became sick and vomited (Garcia
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the general idea of traditional learning‚ Bandura exclaimed that direct conditioning could not be responsible for every instance of learning. He introduced a social aspect‚ proposing that rather than directly modeling their behaviors after one another‚ people observe other scenarios and behaviors in order to create a method they are ultimately comfortable with. Social learning would be considered a type of operant conditioning‚ in which social learning occurs through a system of rewards and punishments
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3.Explain the differences between classical‚ operant and social cognitive theory of learning. The process of learning is heavily involved in the way newcomers to organizations learn the ropes thus‚ socialization. It is a fundamental process in organizational behaviour. Learning is relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of persons interaction with the environment. "Learning Theory" is a discipline of organizational behaviour that attempts to explain how an organism learns
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The social learning theory is based on operant conditioning which suggests that children learn to be aggressive by observing the behaviour of those around them‚ particularly the behaviour of significant others‚ such as parents or elder siblings. By seeing others being rewarded or punished for their behaviour‚ the child experiences vicarious reinforcement. From these models‚ children therefore learn about the nature of aggressive behaviour‚ the situations it is appropriate and its likely consequences
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is the behavioural approach. This approach explains that anorexia nervosa(AN) is learnt through both classical and operant conditioning as well as social learning theory. Classical conditioning is involved with making an association with eating and anxiety. Therefore anorexics seek to lose weight/not eat to reduce their anxiety. Once this association has been made operant conditioning starts playing its part through negative and positive reinforcement. An individual is rewarded by attention from others
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Motivation Courtney Lamar BUS201: Principles of Management Instructor: Laura Metzger March 1‚ 2013 Motivation Motivation is described as “psychological forces that determine the direction of a person’s level of effort” (Jones‚ George. 2011). There are number of factors that cause someone to be motivated. Most of the time people are motivated when they know that the outcome will be beneficial‚ specifically in the workplace. Different gears motivate people in different ways‚ some look
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idea of the collective unconscious ***Biological Aspects of Personality ***Behaviorist and Learning Aspects of Personality - "extinguish" classically conditioned fear responses -classical conditioning and operant conditioning ***Cognitive and Social-Cognitive Aspects of Personality -vicarious learning -internal versus external locus of control from social learning ***Trait and Skill Aspects of Personality -five traits included in the Big Five theory of personality -Henry Murray’s
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Explaining Phobias Within this paper Sally a 23 year old woman with a dog phobia will be discussed. Also‚ how operant and classical conditioning as well as observational learning are a factor in developing Sally’s phobia will be covered. Additionally‚ how extinction and tenets of cognitive theory can help Sally overcome her dog phobia will be explained. A phobia is an abnormal‚ vigorous‚ unreasonable persistent dread or terror that causes anxiety. “Approximately 40 million American adults ages
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Introduction to Psychological Theories. Portfolio Questions. Behaviourism. 1. Briefly describe Pavlov’s theory of classical conditioning (use the UCS‚ UCR‚ CS‚ and CR). Pavlov found a method of learning by association with stimuli‚ called classical conditioning and observed dog ‘s behaviour. Pavlov’s demonstrates that dog start to salivate when the food has been offered. Then he resolved that stimuli could be conditioned to obtain conditioned responses. Further he pursued his research
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