Saavedra Silverman Core study 8 Cambridge Int A Level Psychology

42 imagery-packed slides covering the background, methods, procedure, results, real-world application, strengths and weaknesses of CIE AS Psychology Core Study 8: Saavedra and Silverman (2002).

Features screenprints of all relevant graph and results tables from the textbook and the full published study, along with lots of entertaining, thought-provoking pictures.

*** This presentation is notable for its detailed introduction to evaluative learning, expectancy learning, and phobias. The central tennets of Skinner's operant conditioning, and the classical conditioning of Pavlov, are explained, so that this can be compared with the emphasis evaluative learning theory places on inner cognitive states. Aorund half of the presentation is devoted to this: skip to slide 20 to begin at "Aims".