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Classical conditioning is a learning process whereby a stimulus such as food is paired with another neutral stimulus (food) through an association.

The cognitive explanation of depression suggests that negative thoughts and belief's cause depression. Beck's cognitive triad suggests that there are three focuses of negative thinking: the self (I am st...

The fundamental difference between conformity and compliance is that compliance involves people going along with an explicit request, whereas conformity involves people adhering to 'unspoken rules'. We co...

Gender schema is the process by which children categorise which behaviours and actions belong to each gender (girls like pink, boys like blue)

The behavioural approach to phobias argues that maladaptive learning results in a conditioned fear of a stimulus. Classical conditioning refers to learning through association, thereby in the case of Litt...