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What is the difference between positive and negative reinforcement?

There are two types of reinforcement - positive and negative. Both work to increase the likelihood of a behaviour happening in the future. Positive reinforcement is where you reward a behaviour with somet...

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Describe the Multi-Store Model

Atkinson and Shiffrin's Multi Store Model (1968) describes how information is encoded by passing through 3 memory 'stores' . Visual and audible information enters the Sensory Stor...

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Discuss the contribution of behavioural psychologists such as Pavlov and Skinner to our understanding of human behaviour

Explanation: developed our understanding that human behaviour is (can be) learned, environmentally developed, and brought focus on to learning. Behavioural psychologists studied ob...

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Describe two ethical issues related to Milgram's study of obedience

  1. Deception was used in order to carry out the experiment. Participants were unaware of the confederates in the experiment and that they would always be assigned as a teacher and the confederate would...
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How does early attachment influence later relationships?

Insecure avoidant types are most likely to be bullied due to their tendency to struggle to make friends and be withdrawn socially. Whereas, insecure resistant types are most likely to be the bullies becau...

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