The Learning Perspective
Study Guide
1. Development and Cultural context
Lecture: The Historical and Cultural context of Behavioralism (Thorndike and Watson) See Study Guide
Experimentation
2. Framework
Assumptions
1) Evaluation of assumptions
2) Issue: Free will and determinism See “Free Will and Determinism - a philosophical debate in psychology”
Key Concepts and Theoretical Explanations of Behavior
1) Classical Conditioning Lecture: Pavlov and his dogs
Worksheet: Classical Conditioning
Reading pp. 287-294 Little Hans v. Little Albert
3. Operant Conditioning
B.F. Skinner Life and Work
Types of Reinforcers
Schedules of Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement and Punishment
Reading pp. 301-313 Worksheet: Operant Conditioning
4. Cognitive and Biological Updates to the Learning Perspective
pp. 295-299 and 307-309
5. Modeling Bandura and the Bobo doll
Reading pp. 313-315
5. Learned Helplessness Lecture: Learned Helplessness and Learned
Optimism
Test Your Optimism
My ABCDEs
Methodologies
Strengths and limitation of experiments, observation and case studies
Ethics and the use of human and non-human participants in research
Application
Effectiveness of the perspective in explaining psychological questions e.g aggression
Review:
Video Discovering Psychology: Learning
Focus
Write about a time when you taught someone a particular skill or some information. Describe your method and evaluate your success.
Resources:
Crane Overview
Hepper Handout
Myers Support Material
Student Presentations
Very informative. Iam am IB psychology teacher.