GUARANTEED PASS ANSWERS GRADED A+
● John Watson. Answer: behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of
people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert
study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat
● B.F. Skinner. Answer: Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant
conditioning by training pigeons and rats, operant conditioning.
● Edward Thorndike. Answer: behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship
between behavior and consequence.
● Pavlov. Answer: classical conditioning, accidently discovered that
associations could be formed between an environmental stimulus and a
naturally occurring reflex.
● Albert Bandura. Answer: Introduced the concept of self-efficacy, a
persons in their ability to succeed in different situations or accomplish
tasks, we learn new behaviours by simply observing others. Social
learning theory.
● Diversity example sorority/fraternity members and the groups: What is
it, who was involved, what did it show?. Answer: Split into groups of
four to solve a murder, "old timers" from the same sorority/fraternity or
, "newcomers" from a different one, groups with out-group newcomers
felt less confident overall, BUT more likely to identify correctly.
● The value system & self-relevance system. Answer: two core networks
in the brain that shape how we make choices, whether we realize it or
not.
● What is the value system. Answer: Helps us assess what's worth our
time, attention and effort. Calculates the value of each option
considering what's the possibility for a reward.
● Whats the self-relevance system. Answer: Helps us identify things that
are "me" or not "me"
● Taste vs nutrition study. Answer: Studied whether taste focused or
health focused labels would increase veggie intake across 5 university
dining halls throughout the US. Results; taste selected more, taste
wasted a bit more, taste consumed more.
● The habit loop. Answer: Cue (trigger); first component of the habit
loop and serves as a trigger or signal that initiates the habit. Cue can be
internal or external, cues prompt brain to initiate a particular habit with
an automatic response.
Response (behaviour); actual behaviour or action that you perform in
response to a cue, must repeat over and over again.
Reward