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• what is everyone born as according to behaviourists?

  a tabula rasa (blank slate)
• how is behaviour learnt according to behaviourists?

  environmentally
• what is more emphasised; nature or nurture?

  nurture (external factors) over nature (internal factors)
• what do behaviourist therapies draw on?

  principles of classical & operant conditioning to help people unlearn behaviours
• which therapeutic approach is rooted in the understanding that mental illnesses often stem from maladaptive or incorrect learning processes?

  aversion therapy
• how does aversion therapy help the individual?

  helps them relearn how to behave in a more functional, healthy way
• what is behaviour modification?

  changing behaviour using rewards/punishments