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BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH - Coggle Diagram
BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH
Key Assumptions
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the same laws apply to human + non human behaviour, therefore it is valid to study animal behaviour as they have the same principles of learning
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counterpoint
they have ignored other important influences such as human thought. other approaches such as cognitive and SLT have drawn more attention to the mental processes involved in learning.
this suggests that behaviour is more complex than observable behaviour, internal mental processes are also essential
however, behaviourists have an oversimplified learning process
research
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breaking down behaviour into basic stimulus response units, all other extraneous variables were removed, allowing a cause and effect relationship to be established. eg. pavlov
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