Behaviourism AO3

Question 1

A strength of the behaviourist approach is that it uses…

Answer 1

Practical applications as the principles of the theory that behaviour is caused by classical conditioning has led to the development of systematic desensitisation.

Question 2

How is SD effective in treating phobias?

Answer 2

It allows individuals to unlearn their maladaptive association to a phobic stimulus by gradually exposing them to their phobia whilst they apply relaxation techniques

Question 3

What can the behaviourist approach be criticised for?

Answer 3

Environmental reductionism as it reduces complex human behaviour down to learning through stimulus respose and association or rewards and reinforcement.

Question 4

What does the idea that we learn through stimulus response and association reject?

Answer 4

It rejects the hollistic approach which would take into account how a persons social and cultural factors would infleucne human behaviour

Question 5

What is a further criticism of behaviourism?

Answer 5

Behaviourism can be criticised for being environmentally deterministic because the approach states an individuals behaviour is due to external factors such as learning through stimulus response and association

Question 6

How does determinism lead to people feeling?

Answer 6

People feel out of control over their own behaviour