2) Behaviourist Approach

Question 1

What is the main definition of the behaviourst approach

Answer 1

• Only is interested in behaviour which is observable and that can be measured, completely ignores and mental processes

Question 2

What do behaviourist heavily maintain in experiments

Answer 2

• Controlled lab studies

Question 3

What do a lot of the behaviourist studies do their research on

Answer 3

Animals

Question 4

What did Skinner investigate

Answer 4

Operant condition
- Three types of consequence
- positive/negative reinforcement as well as punishment and each of their effect on whether the behaviour was reapeated or not
- on rats

Question 5

What did Pavlov investigate

Answer 5

Classical condition
- Dog and bell
- Paired a neutral stimulus with a ucd which eventually became a conditioned stimulus leading to a conditioned response

Question 6

EV - Well controlled research

Answer 6

• measured behaviour in controlled lab settings
• behaviour was broken down into stimulus response units
• scientific credibility

Question 7

EV - Real world application

Answer 7

• Applied to a broad range of behaviour
• such as token economies in prisons and psychiatric wards
• increases the value of findings as it it actively being applied in the world today

Question 8

EV - Form of environmental determinism

Answer 8

• Believes all behaviour is due to past experience and ignores the belief of free will
• Skinner believes free will as an illusion
• an extreme position and ignores the conscious decision making which is a part of human life