Skinner, Pavlov and Bandura - The Work and Contribution of.

Around when did Pavolv, Skinner and Bandura conduct their key research respectively?

• 1890s

  1930s

  1940s

• 1890s

  1930s

  1960s

• 1890s

  1920s

  1990s

• 1890s

  1920s

  1960s

Answer explanation

Pavlov worked in a very objective, scientific way within 10 years of Wundt trying to prompt psychology as a scientific subject.

Skinner was a central figure in placing behaviourism as the main approach in psychology.

Bandura included cognitive processes in his theory about the time psychology was 'ready' to accept cognitive psychology as valid, combining the main paradigm of behaviourism with that of a new challenging paradigm of cognitions.

Which learning theory was Pavlov responsible for developing?

• Social Learning Theory

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Token Economy

Classical Conditioning, developed by Pavlov, is..

• A stimulus and response are paired together so the response to the stimulus will always be the same.

• A stimulus and response bond is broken

• Two stimuli are associated so the response to one becomes the response to the other

• Two responses become associated so the consequence of one affects the other

Classical Conditioning is an important discovery for psychology as...

• it became a key explanation of how humans learn

• it has lead to important practical applications

• it earns the advertisement industry lots of money

• it promoted the scientific nature of psychological study

One limitation of the contribution of Pavlov is that:

• As his research used dogs it may not be generalisable to humans

• As his research used dogs it was unethical

• As he only looked at a learning approach it wasn't very important

• As it was in the late 1800s it has no temporal validity

Skinner was responsible for exploring the theory of

• Classical Conditioning

• Social Learning Theory

• Operant conditioning

• Token Economy

Operant conditioning, developed by Skinner, is...

• Linking two stimuli together so they produce the same response

• explaining behaviour by the consequences of our behaviours

• seeing how reinforcements can encourage repetition of behaviours

• investigating how group membership affects our behaviours

Answer explanation

Reinforcements are only one type consequence. Skinner also looked at the effect of punishment.

What does Skinner's box enable us to research?

• the effects of punishment

• The effects of negative reinforcement

• the effects of positive reinforcement

• the effects of food pellets on humans

Skinner's work is important for psychology because

• It helps us to understand how rats and pigeons behave

• It produced equipment we can use to gain objective results

• He started our understanding on neuroscience

• it enables real world applications that could help people resolve addictions such as gambling

A limitation of the work of Skinner is what?

• His research used animals and therefore might not be generalisable to humans

• His research was unreliable as it cannot be repeated

• His work only looked at consequences and so wasn't very important

• His work was in the 1930s and so lacks temporal validity