• We are born as “blank slates”
  • All we have at birth is the capacity to learn
  • All behaviour is learned from the environment
  • Focus of the approach: observable behaviour

Classical Conditioning

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Operant Conditioning

Positive reinforcement: any behaviour that produces a reward will be repeated.
Negative reinforcement: any behaviour that stops something unpleasant will be repeated.

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Evaluation