behavioural approach to abnormality
behavioural approach to abnormality, including strength and weaknesses.
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- Created on: 30-03-14 17:47
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- abnormality: behavioural approach
- we are born a tabula rasa and behaviour is shaped from our surroundings.
- classical conditioning
- behaviour is learnt through stimulus response; when UCS becomes paired with NS frequently then NS on its own will cause same response as UCS ; this is the CR
- ucs: unconditioned stimulus NS; neutral response. CR; conditioned response
- little albert: conditiones little Albert to fear white rat by using a loud noise everytime rat was out. this caused Alberts phobia of rats.
- behaviour is learnt through stimulus response; when UCS becomes paired with NS frequently then NS on its own will cause same response as UCS ; this is the CR
- operant conditioning
- learning via reward and punishment.
- behaviour thats rewarded we are likely to repeat. we are less likely to repeat behaviour that is punished
- learning via reward and punishment.
- social learning
- behaviour is learnt through observing and imitating others
- explain phobia: child sees mother is afraid of spiders, child copies behaviour and is afraid of spiders too
- behaviour is learnt through observing and imitating others
- positive evaluation:
- scientific theory; based on evidence we can see and measure, more scientific than other approaches.
- explains phobias: phobias are a learnt behaviour
- negative evaluation
- underlying causes: only concentrates on the symptoms, ignores influence of cognitions and thinking on abnormal behaviour
- reductionist: gives one simple explanation, ignores influence of biology e.g. brain damage
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