behaviourist
- Created by: cat
- Created on: 29-11-12 13:14
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- Behaviourist
- Assumptions
- No free will-environment determines behaviour
- behavior is result of a response to a stimulus
- little difference between learning in animals and in humans
- psychology should seen as a science- supported by empirical data- only use lab experiments
- only concerned with what we can observe - observable behaviour can be objectivally and scientifically measured
- when we are born we are blank slate
- all behaviour learnt through consequences
- Strength
- Uses scientific method, uses experiments,
- made psychology more scientific
- very objective, looks at observable behaviour
- uses animals-applies results to humans when ethics dont allow for human pps
- Weaknesses
- Denies free will or choice in behaviour
- Environmentally deterministic ignores bio
- experiments-artificial situations low eco valid
- could be argued animal studies cant b applied to humans humans more complex
- Assumptions
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