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1
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What does the behaviourist approach aim to do?

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Explain how we think and behave in terms of learnt responses

2
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What was the behaviourist approach the dominant psychological approach?

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1913 - late 1950s

3
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What is the main assumption of the behaviourist approach?

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All behaviour is learned from the environment after birth

4
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What do behaviourist a argue psychology should study and why?

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Only study observable behaviour as this is the only way human behaviour can be measured in a scientific way

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What is the behaviourist approach?

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A nurture approach

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Why is the behaviourist approach a nurture approach?

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It explains behaviour in terms of learnt responses

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Why is the behaviourist approach a scientific approach?

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You study observable behaviour

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Why a does the behaviourist approach provide?

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A psychological explanation for behaviour

9
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Is the behaviourist approach deterministic?

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Yes it is environmentally deterministic

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What does it mean that the behaviourist approach is environmentally deterministic?

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You have no control over your behaviour, it is purely the result of your environment

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