Areas And Debates - Chaney Et Al

Question 1

Individual situational

Answer 1

Individual
Differences in the attitudes between the children and the parents shows individual differences influencing behaviour, some having a phobia of the funhaler and some liking it
Situational
The features of the inhaler influenced the frequency of it being used
Features influence the attitudes a parent, child has
Snows situation impacted it

Question 2

Link to area

Answer 2

Showing the way in which children learn and how parents can help their children to behave in a certain way (positive, negative reinforcement)
Behaviourist - operant conditioning, learning as a result of consequences

Question 3

Link to theme

Answer 3

External influences have a big impact as funhaler changed use and attitudes

Question 4

Does it change our understanding of the key theme?

Answer 4

Adds to our understanding

Know about positive reinforcement and imitation of learning

Question 5

Does it change our understanding of social and cultural diversity?

Answer 5

Carried out in Australia and America now which shows learning occurs in all cultures
Studies don’t show us anything about adults

Question 6

Usefulness

Answer 6

Useful
Helping us to understand how children develop behaviours (operant conditioning)
Practical application - incorporate rewards - can be used in health and social care to improve obedience
Not useful
Carried out on limited age range, can’t be generalised
Sample was from Australia, so cross cultural research needs to be done
All children had asthma, would it work with diff illnesses?
Lack of control over EV’s