BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH
- Created by: lola india
- Created on: 25-08-22 19:39
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- behaviourist
- behaviour is learnt
- research on measurable behaviour
- this happens through classical conditioning
- animals and humans learn the same way
- classical conditioning
- research demonstrated by Pavlov
- involves associating stimuli which creates a response
- research demonstrated by Pavlov
- operant conditioning
- behaviour is learnt through experiencing consequences of certain behaviour
- therefore you would want to either avoid or increase the consequences
- avoid = punishment
- increase = reinforcement
- negative-removing something to encourage or repeat behaviour
- e.g. putting on suncream before going in the sun
- negative-removing something to encourage or repeat behaviour
- therefore you would want to either avoid or increase the consequences
- SKINNER'S RATS
- put rats in a skinner box
- rat would activate lever, a food pellet would be released
- positive reinforcement, rats would repeat that bheaviour
- animals got electric shock
- negative reinforcement, they would avoid repeating the behaviour
- rat would activate lever, a food pellet would be released
- put rats in a skinner box
- behaviour is learnt through experiencing consequences of certain behaviour
- EVALUATION
- positive
- helped develop psychology as a science
- use of objective, measurable, and easily replicated methods
- practical applications
- conditioning used in schools and by parents for behaviour
- classical conditioning used to help treat phobias
- helped develop psychology as a science
- negative
- deterministic
- dismisses the idea that humans have free will or control over their behaviour
- too simplistic
- ignores mental processes, conscious insight or awareness of our own behaviour
- findings from animal studies cannot be generalised to humans
- different levels of consciousness, emotions, and intelligence, humans are more complex than animals
- deterministic
- positive
- behaviour is learnt
- food- unconditioned stimulus
- salivation- unconditioned response
- bell- neutral stimulus
- no salivation- no response
- bell- conditioned stimulus
- salivation- conditioned response
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