Week 3 Little Albert and Operant Conditioning Introduction

1. Complete the multiple
choice questions.

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3. Lesson Objectives
By the end of the lesson you …
• Must be able to evaluate (Ao2) the Little
Albert study.
• Should be able to evaluate (Ao2) the Little
Albert study in relation to ethics.
• Should be able to evaluate (Ao2) classical
conditioning in relation to Little Albert.
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4. BPS Ethical Concepts (1990)
• Informed consent
of participant
• Right to withdraw
• Debriefing
• Deception
• Observation
• Protection of
participants
• Colleagues
• Confidentiality
• Competence
When conducting research psychologists should
adhere to these.

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• D
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• D
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ARTICIPANTS

6. • C
• D
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ECEPTION
OMPETENCE
EBRIEFING
ITHDRAWAL
ROTECTION

7. Strength Weakness

8. Describe The Learning Approach
Describe Classical Conditioning
Describe the Elements of CC
Describe Aversion Therapy
Evaluate Aversion Therapy
Describe the Little Albert Study
Evaluate the Little Albert Study

9. Review Tasks
Using tasks /resources
like:
• Revision cards
• Mindmaps
• Read / Cover / Write
• Story boarding
• Past Exam Questions
Consider :
• Little Albert APRC
• Little Albert Eval.
• Classical Conditioning
key terms
• Aversion Therapy Eval.
• Learning Approach
assumptions.

11. • Must be able to evaluate (Ao2) the Little
Albert study.
• Should be able to evaluate (Ao2) the Little
Albert study in relation to ethics.
• Should be able to evaluate (Ao2) classical
conditioning in relation to Little Albert.

12. Complete the
worksheet
following your
flipped activity.
Get page 16 ready for
todays lesson.

13. Lesson Objectives
By the end of the lesson you …
• Must be able to describe (Ao1) what operant
conditioning is and how it was discovered.
• Must be able to identify (Ao1) elements of OC.
• Should be able to apply (Ao2) operant
conditioning to new situations to explain
behaviours.
Pg. 16-18

14. Approach
Theories
Studies
Methods
Learning Approach
Classical Conditioning
Aversion Therapy
Operant Conditioning

15. Skinner

16. Food = reinforcer
Shock = punishment

19. Conversion Task
Describe how operant conditioning was
discovered giving at least one example
demonstrating how animals might learn a
behaviour through operant conditioning.
Pg. 16 / 5 minutes

20. Punishment Reinforcer
Decrease chance of
undesirable behaviour
Increase chance of desirable
behaviour
Positive
the addition of
something /
doing
something.
Negative
the removal of
something /
stop doing
something
Adding something after an
undesirable behaviour to
decrease the chance of
replication.
E.g. Hitting a child after a
bad behaviour
Adding something after a
desirable behaviour to
increase the chance of
replication.
E.g. Reward of chocolate
after good behaviour.
Removing something
after an undesirable
behaviour to decrease
the chance of replication.
Eg. Taking a mobile off a
child after bad
behaviour.
Removing something after
a desirable behaviour to
increase the chance of
replication.
Eg. Stop shouting at a
child when they behave.

21. If you complete this
then consider how you
could create the same
behaviour in a different
way. Eg. If it is a PP
how could you use a
NP?
Review Task
For each of the 7 examples on
your sheet:
1. State what type of
punishment or reward it is an
example of (PR,NR,PP, NP).
2. Describe WHY you have
concluded this.

22. Conversion Task
Define each of the following terms in relation to
operant conditioning and give an example of
each.
– Reinforcer
– Punishment
– Positive Reinforcement
– Negative Reinforcement
– Positive Punishment
– Negative Punishment Pg. 17-18 / 10 minutes

23. 1. You decide to clean up your mess in the
kitchen in order to avoid getting in a fight
with your roommate.
2. You wear your favourite baseball cap to class,
but are reprimanded by your instructor for
violating your school's dress code.
3. A teenage girl stays out for an hour past her
curfew, so her parents ground her for a week.
4. At work, you exceed this month's sales quota
so your boss gives you a bonus.

24. • Must be able to describe (Ao1) what operant
conditioning is and how it was discovered.
• Must be able to identify (Ao1) elements of OC.
• Should be able to apply (Ao2) operant
conditioning to new situations to explain
behaviours.

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