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Developmental Psychology on Learning Theory - Dictionary of Arguments
Upton I 6 Learning theories/Developmental psychology/Upton: the perspective of learning in developmental psychology perspective suggests that the key to understanding development lies in observable behaviour and an individual’s response to environmental stimuli. The assumption here is that behaviour is a learned response to reinforcement provided by the environment. The learning and conditioning principles described in the behavioural theories of B.F. Skinner (1936)(1) and John B. Watson (1913(2), 1924(3)) account for human development. >Behaviorism/Psychological theories, >Conditioning/Behaviorism, >Reinforcement sensivity. 1. Skinner, BF (1936) The Behavior of Organisms: An experimental analysis. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. 2. Watson, J.B. (1913) Psychology as the behaviorist views it. Psychological Review, 20: 158–77. 3. Watson, J.B. (1924) Behaviourism, New York: Norton._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Developmental Psychology Upton I Penney Upton Developmental Psychology 2011 |
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