A - The learning approach

Question 1

What is the behaviourist approach to learning and its evaluation

Answer 1

• Studies observable behaviour in labs, where it can be controlled and measured
• Believe human learning is just a more complex form of animal learning so animals can replace humans in experiments
• Classical and operant conditioning

EV:
- Lab experiments
- Real life application e.g. token economies and phobias
- Are animals really comparable to humans? they have little or no conscious