Title: Behavioral and Social Learning Theories and Cognitive Theories | Child and Adolescent Psychology
Headings: Behavioral and Social Learning Theories and Cognitive Theories
Behavioral and Social Learning Theories and Cognitive Theories
Behavioral Learning Theories: How Do We Act?
Classical Conditioning and Emotional Responses
Pavlov: Classical Conditioning
Watson and Behaviorism
Behavioral Learning Theory
Operant Conditioning and Repeating Actions
Skinner and Reinforcement
Positive and Negative Reinforcement
Social Learning Theory
Do Parents Socialize Children or Do Children Socialize Parents?
Cognitive Theories
What Do We Think?
Piaget: Changes in Thought with Maturation
Making Sense of the World
Stages of Cognitive Development
Criticisms of Piaget’s Theory
Vygotsky: Changes in Thought with Guidance

Content: For example, a smell might remind us of a time when we were a kid (elementary school cafeterias smell like milk and mildew!). If you went to a new cafeteria with the same smell, it might evoke feelings you had when you were in school. Or a song on the radio might remind you of a memorable evening you spent with your first true love. Or, if you hear your entire name (John Wilmington Brewer, for instance) called as you walk across the stage to receive your diploma and it makes you tense because it reminds you of how your father used to use your full name when he was upset with you, you’ve been classically conditioned! Classical conditioning explains how we develop many of our emotional responses to people, events, or “gut level” reactions to situations. New situations may bring about an old response because the two have become connected. Attachments form in this way. Addictions are affected by classical conditioning, as anyone who’s tried to quit smoking can tell you. When you try to quit, everything that was associated with smoking makes you crave a cigarette. Pavlov: