behaviourist approach

• what are the approaches

  behaviourists, learning, cognitive, biological, psychodynamic, humanistic.
• what is the behaviourist approach

  watson: rejected introspection, relied on lab studies to control. all behavour is learned- baby's mind=blank slate.

  2 important forms of learning: classical and operant.
• what is classical conditioning- behaviourist approach

  learning through association- pavlov: dogs conditioned to salivate to sound of bell if presented when given food. bell= neutral stim can elite new response called conditioned response.
• what is operant conditioning- behaviourist

  skinner: consequences, positive reinforcement=rewarded for behaviour

  negative reinforcement= avoiding something unpleasant
• evaluation of behaviourist approach

  ✅well controlled: lab settings and extraneous variables removed.

  ✅real world app; operant conditioning used in psyc wards etc.

  ❌environmental determinism: ignores influence of free will