Behaviourist Perspective

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Principles 
people are born like blank slates and behaviour is shaped and influenced by the environment
learning occurs through stimulus response connections: associations, reinforcement and observation and imitation
Classical Conditioning 
learning through association
Positive Reinforcement  
adding something into the situation that increases the tendency to repeat the behavior
Negative Reinforcement  
taking away something bad to increase a behavior
Punishment  
unpleasant consequence to behaviour
4 Processes in Social Learning  
Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation
Behaviourist Studies 
Bandura
Chaney
Strengths of Behaviourist Perspective 
Practical Applications - programmes have been made to encourage positive behaviour, classical conditioning is used for addicts
Scientific Approach - operationalise the behaviours to produce the objective data

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Behaviourist Perspective

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