The behaviourist approach was a dominant perspective in psychology from the 1920s to 1950. Behaviourists focus on the influence of the environment and study how humans are shaped through interactions with their environment. Behaviourism is a scientific approach in psychology that advocates the use of strict experimental methods in order to study only observable behaviour in relation to the environment. Internal processes that the brain is capable of such as thoughts, emotions and rationalisation
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Classical Conditioning Classical conditioning is an influential process. Two unrelated stimuli when they are repeatedly paired lead to a situation where a response to the second stimulus can be achieved by initiating only the first stimulus. This theory involves learning a new behavior through the process of association. In this theory, we assume that the surrounding shapes behavior and also those mental or internal states of a human or animal like feelings or thoughts are not relevant in behavioral
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In Ancient Greece there were two different major forms of government, Oligarchy and Democracy. The two city-states that best represent each form of government were Sparta (oligarchy) and Athens (democracy). The democratic government in Athens, though de cently equal, fair and fairly advanced for its time, did not meet the needs of the Greeks. During a time of many military battles Athens decided to worry more about comfort and culture. It is the oligarchy in Sparta that put a war-like
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Chapter 2 Galileo’s Great Discovery: How Things Fall Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), the famous Italian mathematician at the leading edge of the scientific revolution that was to sweep Europe, was curious about motion. He was an experimentalist who for the first time had the insight and talent to link theory with experiment. He rolled balls down an inclined plane in order to see how things fell toward the Earth. He discovered in this way that objects of any weight fell toward the Earth at the same
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Test 2 Notes (Ch. 5,6,7,10) Ch. 5 consciousness- an individuals awareness of external events and internal sensations under a condition of arousal meta cognition- thinking about thinking. The 5 levels of consciousness: Higher-level- highly focused; selective attention Lower-level- automatic processes; little attention, daydreaming Altered States- trauma, drugs, fear, fatigue, meditation, prayer biorhythms- are periodic physiological fluctuations in the body. Circadian rhythms- daily behavioral
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Egg Drop Apparatus Our egg drop apparatus failed to protect our egg. Our container was a rectangular box made of sticks. There was cotton balls at the bottom along with rubber bands. Also at the bottom of the base were straws. Lastly, it was wrapped in tape and used as a seat belt for the egg. This design didn’t work so we thought of ways to make it better. The three major changes we made to the design of our egg drop apparatus were the plastic bag, using lighter materials, and elevating the
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someone and is asked to go to a new place where she does not know if there is a dog present or not. To explain Sally’s phobia and how it was developed theories are used on how or why she developed the fear of dogs. Phobias can be explained by classical conditions, operant conditioning, and observational learning. Overcoming phobias can be done with extinction and cognitive theory. Phobias Are Created Sally seems to have had a negative experience with dogs at a young age. She could have had
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Rodeo is a sport that came about by everyday work being made into competition. Every event in rodeo has a practical purpose; all but one that is. There is no practical reason to get on a bull; only the thrills, chills, and rush of excitement. It¡¦s more than a challenge between riders. It¡¦s a challenge between man and beast. Legendary cowboy Larry Mahan had an even different way of looking at it. He said, ¡§It¡¦s not a challenge with the animal but with the weakness in one¡¦s self¡¨. At any rate
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PURPOSE Measure the acceleration of a falling object assuming that the only force acting on the object is the gravitational force. THEORY In this lab, a free fall adapter measures the time it takes for a steel ball to fall. The distance in which the ball falls will be measured. The equation, d=1/2gt² describes a body starting from rest and undergoing constant acceleration; d is the distance, g is the acceleration and t is the time. Acceleration is equal to distance doubled divided by time squared
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Introduction This investigation is designed to utilise the formulas learnt in trigonometry, to investigation the heights and distance of trees, buildings and roads. These formulas were based off and included Sinθ=opposite/hypotenuse Cosθ=adjecent/hypotenuse Tanθ=opposite/adjecent As a real world application to the formulas at use in terms of the Trigonometry Direct Investigation and the topic currently used, Trigonometry, it can lead to things such as measuring the lengths of tall objects such as
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