Explaining Phobia Paper Stacy R. Lee University of Phoenix-Online November 26‚ 2012 In this paper the principles of operational‚ classical‚ and observational learning theories will be discussed as those theories pertain to the Case Study of Little Hans. I will review Sigmund Freud’s case study of Little Hans‚ the child that developed a fear of horses‚ and relate how this case is explained by the above mentioned theories. I will also discuss this case from the psychoanalytic perspective.
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Explaining Phobia Student’s Name PSYCH/504 Date Teacher’s name Explaining Phobia Phobias are very common. The Association of Psychiatry defines phobia as an excessive and persistent fear of a specific thing (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2012). Sally‚ who has a dog phobia since she was in second grade because of a negative experience has anxiety when she meets someone and is asked to go to a new place where she does not know if there is a dog present or not. To explain
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Observational learning is when learning happens by observing other people’s actions. Observational learning involves cognitive processes such as attention‚ motor skills‚ motivation‚ and memory. For observational learning to take place the person who is observing the behavior needs to be paying attention to it in order to learn it. Another important part of observational learning is being able to remember the behavior that you saw‚ so you can repeat it. As well as being able to remember the behavior
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Observational Learning During this course we studied that behaviors can be learned through our own experiences or observing others. Learning is the knowledge obtained in life through education‚ interacting with people‚ experiences and practice. There are three types of learning: Classical Conditioning‚ operant conditioning‚ and observational learning. There are many topics that grabbed my interest during this course‚ but observational learning made me think about my personal life and reminded
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Classical Conditioning Versus OpeObservational Learning: Ways to Benefit From Observation Observational Learning: Ways to Benefit From Observation Observational learning (social learning) is learning by the experience of others. People naturally tend to imitate‚ or model the behavior of significant others (Nairne 250). An observer ’s behavior can be affected by the positive or negative consequences--called vicarious reinforcement or vicarious punishment-- of a model ’s behavior. The observer
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three‚ is observational learning‚ also known as social learning. This principle also involves a fourth‚ which would be a violation of ethics‚ however
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the stimulus items in your answer‚ as well as other evidences: * Models * Vicarious conditioning * The 4 elements of Observational learning Observational learning can be described as a type of learning that occurs as a function of observing‚ absorbing and copying different behaviour performed by models. The most well-known theorist for observation learning would have to be Albert Bandura (1977)‚ who studied the behaviours of violent children. This was called the BoBo Doll Experiment
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• 2. What are some examples of ways in which observational learning has benefited you in your life? Are there instances in which observational learning has worked to your disadvantage? I have helped in the CCD program in our local church for a second year now. Observational learning has benefited me because‚ I have no teaching skills and I am not a social person‚ I usually was just a helper and never really taught the course‚ there have been instances where the teacher has not been able to come
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Discussing the application of Observational Learning on daily Research Abstract This research aims to discuss the application of observational learning on daily life. In research‚ it will be divided into five parts. The first part is “The definition of Observational Learning”‚ the second part is “Four processes of observational learning”‚ the third part is “The role of reinforcement in observational learning”‚ the forth part is “The application of observational learning”‚ and the final part is conclusion
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Jennifer Moore February 27‚ 2013 Psychology 101 Observational learning In1965 Albert Bandura set up an experiment at Stanford University involving nursery school aged children observing their interactions with a Bobo doll. He then divided the children into three groups. These groups were model reward‚ model punishment and no consequence. The children then watched a short video of model acting aggressively
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