AS LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY AQA COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE FULL QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

AS LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY AQA
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE FULL
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

●● What is classical conditioning?
Answer: Learning through association


●● describe Pavlov's experiment
Answer: before conditioning-
- food (UCS) = salivation (UCR)
- bell (NS) = no response
during conditioning-
Food(UCS) + bell(NS)= salivation(UCR)
after conditioning-
Bell(CS)= salivation(CR)


●● what is operant conditioning?
Answer: learning through consequences and reinforcement


●● what are the types of reinforcement (OC)?
Answer: positive- reward for behaviour

, negative- avoids something unpleasant for behaviour
punishment- receives something bad for behaviour
extinction- new behaviours remove positive consequences


●● describe skinner's experiment
Answer: -rats in Skinner box
- (positive) rat receives food for pressing the lever
-(negative) rat avoids shock for pressing lever
-(punishment) rat receives shock for pressing lever
- (extinction) rat is trained to not press the lever and food comes at
regular intervals unless lever is pressed


●● Behaviourist approach - AO3 - strength - Increased scientific
credibility of Psychology
Answer: - increased scientific credibility of psychology
- focuses on measurement of observable behaviours
-highly controlled lab setting
-therefore influential in development of psychology as scientific
discipline


●● Behaviourist approach - AO3 - strength - real life applications
Answer: -applied to real life