Behaviourism

• What does the behaviourist approach in psychology focus on?

  Observable behaviour
• What is the belief about how most behaviour is acquired according to the behaviourist approach?

  Most behaviour is learnt
• Why can animal research be applied to human behaviour in the behaviourist approach?

  Both use classical and operant conditioning
• What are the key assumptions of the behaviourist approach?

  • Psychology studies observable behaviour only
  • Most behaviour is learnt
  • Animal research applies to human behaviour
  • Both use classical conditioning
  • Both use operant conditioning