- 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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