Describe and evaluate behaviourist approach (16)
- Created by: AspergDyspraKid
- Created on: 24-04-18 11:17
View mindmap
- Describe and evaluate behaviourist approach (16)
- Blank slate - environment shapes behaviour
- Limitation - ignores genes (biological approach) eg MAOA gene influences aggression
- Behaviour is learned - classical conditioning (association) vs operant conditioning (reinforcement)
- Support - Pavlov's research - bell + food --> salivate then bell --> salivate
- Support - positive application - explains phobias - eg Little Albert
- Support - another positive application - therapy involves 'unlearning' - systematic desensitisation
- Support - Skinner
- Support - positive application - operant can explain gambling
- Only observable behaviour
- Support - uses empirical evidence - can establish cause and effect eg Skinner could show that the rat touched the disc to receive food
- Limitation - ignores internal cognition - too simplistic, not holistic (reductionist)
- Blank slate - environment shapes behaviour
Similar Psychology resources:
Teacher recommended
Comments
No comments have yet been made