AQA A level psychology - Approaches key terms already passe

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AQA A level psychology - Approaches key terms already passed psychology ✔✔the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those functions affecting behaviour in a given con ... text science ✔✔a means of acquiring knowledge through systematic and objective investigation. the aim is to discover general laws. introspection ✔✔the fist systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations. behaviourist approach ✔✔a way of explaining behaviour in terms of what is observable and in terms of learning classical conditioning ✔✔learning by association. occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired together - an unconditioned stimulus and a new neutral stimulus. the neutral stimulus eventually produces the same response that was first produced by the unlearned stimulus alone. operant conditioning ✔✔a form of learning in which behaviour is shaped and maintained by its consequences. possible consequences of behaviour include positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and punishment. reinforcement ✔✔a consequence of [Show More]

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