Outline and evaluate the behaviourist approach to abnormality The behaviourist model explains abnormality as learnt behaviour. The behaviourists explain this learning as being a result of our environment. It has two ways to explain how abnormality can be learnt. It also argues that people do not have free will and that the environment determines their behaviour by making them behave in certain ways Classical conditioning is about an association made between a stimulus and response. In a
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Behaviourist approach This approach refers to behaviour being mainly influenced by the environment also by reinforcing rewards for positive behaviour and punishments for negative behaviour. B.F. Skinner investigated Operant Conditioning of voluntary and involuntary behaviour. He explained that behaviour occurs for a reason‚ and the three main behaviour shaping techniques are positive reinforcement‚ negative reinforcement and punishment. Behaviourism has been criticised in the way it under-estimates
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There are two different theories related to the behaviourist approach in psychology‚ both explanations provide a valid perspective on with relevant applications of these theories and evidence to support these perspectives. These specific theories focus on why an individual may behave in a certain way. Classical conditioning and operate conditioning both explain the behaviourist approach in a simplified account and can help us grasp an understanding of why an individual may choose to behave in a
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An explanation and evaluation the Behaviorist approach to Psychotherapy. In this essay I shall explain what the behaviorist approach is. In order to do this I shall be examining the historical perspective of behaviourism. I shall need to evaluate the behaviourist approach and it’s effectiveness in the treatment of the whole person and shall briefly compare it to some of the other approaches to treatment. The fundamental approach of behaviourism and psychoanalytical therapy seems diametrically
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Describe the behaviourist approach in psychology and evaluate the research methods used by behaviourist psychologists (10 marks) Behaviourists regard all behaviour as a response to a stimulus. They assume that what we do is determined by the environment we are in‚ which provides stimuli to which we respond‚ and the environments we have been in in the past‚ which caused us to learn to respond to stimuli
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Behaviourists approach assumptions - The main assumption of the behaviourist approach to understanding abnormality is that all behaviour‚ normal or abnormal‚ is learned from the environment. This means that if a behaviour is associated with a positive outcome it is likely to be repeated‚ but if is associated with a negative one it is unlikely to be repeated. The three types of learning are classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning and social learning. Classical conditioning is learning by association
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Describe and evaluate the behaviourist approach in psychology INTRODUCTION Psychology as a subject offers a number of different approaches contributing in their own specific ways to the understanding of behaviour. Each perspective begs of certain assumptions on the functioning and behaviour of humans. Amongst the various approaches‚ each boasts several theories‚ all contributing to the strengthening of the core assumption. All perspectives carry their own individual strengths and weaknesses
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This report will apply the behaviourist approach to a case study and demonstrate an understanding of the behaviourist approach. To apply the approach to Evan – a 17 year old – who spends most of his time playing video games in his room‚ the report will analyse and explain Evan’s behaviour and back it up with evidence. Evan’s parents have noticed a drastic change in Evan’s behaviour since playing video games. Evan has become irritable and even aggressive. He has also become withdrawn from his friends
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Behaviourist approach 1.a) Outline two assumptions of the Behaviourist approach [4 marks] One assumption of the behaviourist approach is classical conditioning‚ where behaviours are learnt through association. This assumption was developed by a psychologist called Pavlov‚ through his research into dogs. After conditioning the neutral stimulus (the bell)‚ it produced a conditioned response‚ (salivation). This is because the dog had associated the bell with food. Another assumption of the behaviourist
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One strength of the Behaviourist Approach is that it is a scientific approach in that it has clear and measurable variables (stimulus‚ response and reinforcer) which allows scientific experiments to be conducted. For example‚ Skinner’s conducted an experiment to present operant conditioning where the independent variable was the reinforcer (food pellet) and the electric shock (punishment) and the dependent variable was the frequency of lever pressing. This is a strength as scientific experiments
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