Describe and evaluate the Behaviourist Approach The basic assumption of the behaviourist approach is that all behaviour is learned through experiences a person has in their environment. From this we know that behaviourists are on the side of nature in the “nature vs. nurture” debate. In comparison bio psychologists will be firmly on the side of nurture. There is also the argument between behaviourists to whether behaviour is learnt better through positive or negative reinforcement. Positive
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Describe and discuss the behaviourist approach in psychology The behaviourists are a school of psychology that believe that behaviour is learned. The behaviourists don’t believe that people have the innate desire to act in a certain way. They think we are born as a blank sheet that is then developed by life experiences. As we develop interactions and life lessons mould us into the person who we become. Behaviourists do not believe that behaviour has any contribution from biology. They dismiss
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explain aggression in children‚ yet they argued it can be readily applied to any behaviour. SLT suggests we acquire new behaviours via observing others‚ then modelling the observed behaviour. We are more likely to model behaviours if the behaviour is rewarded‚ via indirect‚ vicarious reinforcement. We can also learn new behaviours via being reinforced or punished directly. Therefore‚ learning is a combination of indirect and direct reinforcement‚ both key aspects of the behaviourist approach. Bandura
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can observe various physical actions of an individual in order to determine ones inner feelings. For example‚ if someone is smiling‚ skipping‚ and has their head up‚ one can assume that this person is cheerful or happy. Some psychology behaviourists believe the states of consciousness cannot be observed‚ so phychology should not be concerned with them. The behaviours of other individuals can be determined through some of the sense such as; sight and sound. Our eyes examine body language
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Evaluate two strengths and two weaknesses of the Behaviourist approach One strength of the behaviourist approach (BA) is it can be applied to everyday life and it has its advantages to society‚ for example Aversion Therapy helps stop people from doing unwanted behaviours such as excessive drinking. An experiment was conducted by Duker and Seys which proves this form of therapy works‚ with 7/12 children cured from self-injuring – stopping it altogether – and 3/12 reduced the amount of times they
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Aggression WHAT IS AGGRESSION? Textbook defines it as ‘behaviour that is intended to harm another individual’ HOWEVER‚ there are numerous examples of behaviours that exhibit aggression: murdering for money‚ verbally and physically assaulting someone‚ accidentally injuring someone‚ working persistently to sell a product‚ and many‚ many more Almost every definition that psychologists have tried to come up with for ‘aggression’ can contradict a perfect example of something that is aggressive
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humans‚ as well as other animals‚ are innately aggressive and this often leads to violence when conflict situations arise. Indeed‚ conflict is an expression of the aggressive component of our biology. Aggression is a fighting instinct directed against people and it often leads to violence when conflict situations arise. To begin with‚ people are prone to use violence because they have inborn learning to it as they used to live in a close-to-nature society where it was the only possibility to
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With reference to chosen theory of learning (behaviourist‚ social learning) discuss its application to patient education in context of general nursing. It may be said; why is psychology significant in nursing care and why do we use learning theories to assist in patient care? Well according to Walker et al (2007)‚ in the caring profession nurses‚ spend most‚ if not all of their working lives interacting with other people. A key part of a nurse’s job is to promote healthful behaviour. When a patient
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Compare and Contrast the Behaviourist Perspective with one other major approach in Psychology Psychology is a human science‚ which aims to describe and understand behaviour‚ emotion and mental processes of the mind. Modern Psychology began in the laboratories of Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzug Germany in 1879. (Lucy T Benjamin JR 2007). As the study of psychology grew‚ disagreements within the science arose leading to scholar’s creating different theories to outline their understanding
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There are 3 elements in the behaviourist perspective‚ which are classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning and the social learning theory. The main assumptions made by the behaviourists are • That scientific methods should be used to study only behaviour that is observable • The environment (i.e. the people or events in it) causes our behaviour • The two ways in which we learn from the environment are through classical and operant conditioning. The classical conditioning theory was developed
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