EVALUATION OF BEHAVE APPROACH

Question 1

SCIENTIFIC

Answer 1

• seeks to study behaviour that is measurable
• thoughts and feelings are operationalised
• FORCE

Question 2

USEFUL

Answer 2

• classical conditioning principles applied to aversion therapy to help people with addictions and SD for phobias
• operant conditioning through + reinforcement has helped in classrooms
• skinners research has allowed students to work at there own pace eg through reinforcement

Question 3

FOCUS ON HERE AND NOW

Answer 3

• focuses on current symptoms and does not delve into the past
• more direct approach some people prefer
• still shows success

Question 4

NURTURE

Answer 4

• nature is ignored as only focus on environment
• external factors exaggerated
• if learning is all that mattered then everyone would be surgeons
• motivation and innate abilities are also factors

Question 5

DETERMINIST

Answer 5

• doesn’t consider the thought process before we behave in a certain way
• suggests we are not making a choice when we behave
• undermines free will and states we have no moral responsibility therefore people not accountable for their actions
• should be punished not taught to think responsibly

Question 6

MORE RELEVANT TO ANIMALS

Answer 6

• has its routes in non-human experiments
• eg pavlovs dogs and skinners rats
• human anxiety does not always respond in the same way wolpe conducted experiment on woman afraid of insects found husband was named after insect who she did not get along with fear not the result of conditioning