Strength- Real Life Approach Flashcards
The behaviourist approach has real-life applications. What does the variable ratio schedule possibly explain?
The behaviourist approach has real-life applications: the variable ratio schedule could explain how a gambling addiction develops.
More positively, how has these effected institutions?
More positively, token economy systems have been used successfully in institutions such as prisons and mental institutions to shape behaviour - they reward good behaviour with tokens that can be exchanged for privileges.
Similarly what has been developed by classical conditioning?
Similarly, classical conditioning has been used to develop therapies to treat phobias through counter-conditioning, the learning of new, positive associations with feared objects/events.
