Psych Out!

Episode 6: Social control... Have you been programmed?

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In this podcast we will:

  1. compare classical conditioning (Ivan Pavlov 1897/1902), operant conditioning (BF Skinner 1948) and social learning theory (Albert Bandura 1977)
  2. for classical conditioning

    3. a. recall the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), unconditioned response (UCR), neutral stimulus (NS), conditioned stimulus (CS) and conditioned response (CR)

    b. distinguish between stimulus generalisation and discrimination

    c. describe extinction and spontaneous recovery

    d. describe learned fear responses (John Watson — the ‘Little Albert’ experiment) (Watson & Rayner 1920)

       3. for operant conditioning

    a. distinguish between negative and positive reinforcement and punishment

    b. describe stimulus generalisation and discrimination

    c. describe extinction and spontaneous recovery

          4. for social learning theory

    a. distinguish between modelling and vicarious conditioning.

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    Psych Out!By Bert Kasselman