BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH

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What are the assumptions of the approach?
All humans are born with a tubal rasa, all behaviour is learned therefore it can be unlearned and only observable behaviour should be measure and investiagted.
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Who propsed classical conditioning and what was done?
Pavlov proposed clasical conditoning and conducted an experiment on dogs and salviation in 1927.
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Who proposed operant conditioning and what was done?
B.F.Skinner proposed it and he created the skinner box to see if rats learnt through consequence.
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What is paired together in classical conditioning to create an association?
Neutral stimulus (NS) and Unconditioned stimulus (UCS) multiple times
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What is one strenght of the behaviourist approach?
A strength is that it is commted to the scientific method due to highly objective and controlled methods making the concepts testable.
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What is one weakness of the behaviourist approach?
A weakness is that classical conditioning is only appropiate for some learning based on preparedness.
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What is a further strength of the behaviourist approach?
A further weakness is that operant conditioning is based on experiment work which helps discover a cause and effect relationship.
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What is a further weakness of the behaviourist approach?
A further weakness is that it is over-reliant on non-human animals therefore the proposed concepts may not explain the complexity of human behaviour.
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